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MILITARY HISTORY 



NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 



ITS SETTLEMENT. IN 1623. 



THE YEAR 1861. 







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MILITARY HISTORY OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE: 
1623-1861. 



MILITIA, MILITIA L\WS, AND MILITARY DEFENSES. 

The settlement of iSTew-Hampshire was commenced, and 
prosecuted for some years, by private enterprise ; hence its 
military appointments were limited to the necessities of 
its colonists, whose main objects w^ere fish, lumber,- furs 
and minerals. However, some military organization was 
necessary, in case of trouble with the natives, and for 
proper defense against foreign enemies, and particularly, 
pirates, who infested the coast. Accordingly, the infant 
Colony was furnished with arms and ammunition, suffi- 
cient for the equipment of its eflective men, and for ofien- 
sive or defensive operations, on a limited scale. The orig- 
inal settlement was made in the spring of 1623, by Sir 
Ferdinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason, on the Piscat- 
aqua river. These gentlemen, on the 10th of August of 
the year previous, had obtained from "the Council of 
Plymouth," a grant of laud, "situated between the rivers 
Merrimack and Sagadahock, extending back to the great 
lakes and river of Canada," under the name of Laconia. 
Their agents were David Thompson and Edward and Wil- 
liam Hilton. Thompson set up his fishing stages and 
flakes at what is now known as Little Harbor, while the 
Hiltons went eight miles farther up the Piscataqua, and 
located on what ia now known as "Dover Neck." In 
1629, Gorges and Mason divided Laconia, the former tak- 
ing the part east of the Piscataqua, and the latter the part 
west of that river. These subdivisions were confirmed to 
them by new grants. 



4 ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 

Another subdivision was made, March 12, 1630, when a 
grant was made to Edward Hilton and his associates, of a 
tract embracing Dover Neck, the north part of ISTewington 
and Greenland, the whole of Stratham, and a part of Ex- 
eter up to Squamsauke Falls, " carrying a breadth of three 
miles down the Exeter river and the Great Bay to the 
Piscataqua;" and November 3, 1631, a grant was made to 
Capt. Mason and his associates at the mouth of the Piscat- 
aqua, of a tract of land on both sides of that river and the 
harbor, " and five miles westward by the sea-coast, and then 
to cross over toward the other patent, in the hands of Ed- 
ward Hilton." This patent included part of the present 
town of Kittery, in Maine, all of Newcastle, Rye and 
Portsmouth, and the south parts of Newington, Greenland 
and Stratham. These last grants were known as the "Hil- 
ton Patent," and "Rendezvous Patent," but more famil- 
iarly as the Upper and Lower Plantations. Capt. Thom- 
as Wiggin was the Agent of the Upper Plantation, while 
Capt. Walter Neal was the Agent of the Lower Planta- 
tion. These agents had charge of both the civil and mil- 
itary operations of their plantations, and, in 1631, called 
upon their military forces to settle the rights of soil in a 
point of land in Newington, extending into the Piscataqua, 
and claimed by both agents. But luckily their better 
judgment suggested leaving the matter to their employers, 
and the point was named Bloody Point, because blood 
was savedy rather than spilled, on that occasion. 

The next year, however, a more serious matter was in 
hand to excite their military spirit. The famous Dixy Bull, 
the pirate, in 1632 appeared upon the coast, taking several 
boats, and rifling the fort at Pemaquid. The Massachusetts 
Colony sent a bark with twenty men against the pirate, and 
our infant plantations joined the expeditiou with four pin- 
naces and shallops, with forty men, armed, under the com- 
mand of Capt. Walter Neal. Bull and his associates had 
gone farther east, and a storm arising, the expedition re- 
turned to the Piscataqua in a shattered condition. 

Meantime the colonists, at their first coming over, had 
built a fort on Odiorue's Point, south of Little Harbor, and 



MILITARY HISTORY — IC'23 TO 1861. 5 

now in the town of Rye, as a means of defense as^ainst 
the Indians, and had built another on Fort Point, at Great 
Island, now JSTewcastle. This was boilt prior to 1632, as, 
in that year, Henry Jocelyu and Richard Vines certify the 
Proprietors in England, that a fortification had been built 
at Fort Point, and four great guns had been mounted, 
given the people by a certain merchant of London, for the 
defense of the river, and that " a draft was sent of the place 
that they had made choice of, to the said Earl (of Warwick) 
and company, and the draft did contain all the neck of 
land in the northeast side of the Great Island that makes 
the Great Harbor, and they gave it the name of Fort 
Point, and allotted it so far back into the island, about a 
bow shot, to a great high rock, whereon was intended, in 
time, to set the principal fort." 

But there was probably no soldier by profession in the 
plantation, until the latter part of the year 1631. Under 
date of May, of that year, Thomas Eyre, one of the pat- 
entees wrote Ambrose Gibbins, their agent, thus : " By 
the Bark Warwick we send you a factor, to take care of the 
trade goods ; also, a soldier for discovery," &c. This " sol- 
dier for discovery," &c., was doubtless Parbey Field, an 
Irishman, who, in company with Capt. Neal and Henry 
Jocelyn discovered the White Mountains in the following 
year. He was doubtless sent over, not only for discovery, 
but to assist in the military operations of the plantations, 
and in organizing and "training" the volunteer soldiers. 
After 'the expedition against Bull and his associates, there 
seems to have been little occasion for soldiers for several 
years. In July, 1635, an inventory of the goods and im- 
plements belonging to the Plantations of Piscataqua and 
JSTewichewanock was rendered, from which it appears the 
warlike implements were then formidable. There were 
" 3 sackers,* 3 minions,t 2 faulcons,| 2 rabenets,|| 4 mur- 

* A cannon carrying a six pound ball. 

■f A cannon carrying a 3^ pound ball. 

J A cannon carrying a "J pound ball. 

II A small cannon or swivel carrying a h pound ball. 



6 adjutant-general's report. 

tlierei's,* 2 chambers,! 22 arqiibusses,J 4 muskets, 46 
fowling pieces, 67 carbines, 6 p irs of pistols, 61 swords and 
belts, 15 halberds,|| 31 head-pieces, 82 beaver spears, 50 
flasks, ^pairs of baudaleers,^ 13 barrels of powder, — iron 
bullets, 2 firkins of lead bullets, 2 hogsheads of match, 
955 lbs. of small shot, 2 drums, 15 recorders and haut- 
boys."** These, in addition to the fort at Little Harbor, 
and the fort with the "great guns," at Fort Point, "of 
which some were brass," as deposed by George Walton, of 
Great Island, made quite a formidable araiament for de- 
fensive or offensive operations. 

In 1640, upon occasion of a riot at Dover, raised by the 
partisans of the rival clergymen, Larkham and Knowles, 
in wdiich resort was had to arms, the former sent to Ports- 
mouth for assistance. This was promptly furnished, as 
Mr. Francis Williams, who had been chosen Governor of 
the Lower Plantation, immediately went up to Dover with 
a company of militia, and quelled the riot, arresting the 
leaders and sending them out of the plantation. 

In 1641 the plantations upon the Piscataqua passed 
under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and the following 
year the plantation at Exeter " was admitted into the 
Union." Thus the government of Massachusetts accom- 
plished her long cherished design, that of obtaining con- 
trol of the greater part of the Masonian grants. 

From this time until 1679, New-Hampshire was govern- 
ed generally by the laws of Massachusetts, and in its mil- 
itary operations altogether by them. It was while thus 
governed by Massachusetts that some of the most noted 
Indian depredations were committed on our frontiers. 

* A small swivel or wall piece, carrying a ^ pound ball, or less. 

-j- Mortars, for throwing bombs. 

X A gun that was cocked by a wheel, and carried a ball weighing from 
2 to 4 ounces. 

II A military weapon, being a sort of spear attached to a long handle, car- 
ried formerly by sergeants. 

^ A belt, worn by ancient soldiers over the right shoulder, and suspend- 
ed under the left arm, to hold a gun or pouch. 

■**A recorder was a wind instrument, something like a flageolet. A 
hautboy was somewhat like a clarionet, without keys. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 7 

Massachusetts was too much occupied on her southern 
frontier to lend much assistance, and, as a result, fear and 
consternation spread through the Province. Business was 
suspended almost entirely in the Spring and Summer of 
1675, as men were obliged to provide for the safety of 
themselves and families. The occupants of the smaller 
houses in the settlements, left them, and fortified with 
wooden walls and flankarts the large houses, into which 
they went every night for rest and protection, each one by 
turn keeping watch from a sentry-box placed upon the 
roof of the house for that purpose. Notvvithstanding these 
precautions, frequent attacks and massacres took place. 
Scouts were kept out under brave and experienced men, 
but the rolls of none of them have been preserved. The 
names of Waldron, CotRn, Plaisted and Frost, are identi- 
fied with these savage attacks. 

An afliiir at Cochecho, now Dover, in 1676, in which cer- 
tain troops of Massachusetts took an active part, led to 
one of the most noted Indian attacks and massacres in the 
history of our wars with the aborigines. On the 4th of 
September, 1676, there was a large gathering of Indians, 
some four hundred in number, for trade and pleasure, at 
Cochecho, under the auspices of Major Waldron, with 
whom they had made a peace, and who was considered by 
them as their protector and father. At the same time, 
there marched into town two companies of troops from 
Massachusetts, under the command of Capts. Joseph Syll 
and Wm. Hathorne, under orders to seize all Indians who 
had been concerned in Philip's War. Some of Philip's 
warriors had fled eastward, and become incorporated with 
the tribes upon the Merrimack, Saco and Ameriscoggin. 
Some of the " strange Indians" were of the gathering at 
Cochecho. Syll and Hathorne would have ftillen upon 
them at once, but Waldron resorted to stratagem. He 
proposed a sham-fight, after the manner of the English, in 
which the Indians should be opposed by the English. The 
proposal delighted the Indians, and they joined in it read- 
ily ; when, all at once, the Indians found themselves sur- 
rounded and prisoners. Tradition has it that the Indians 



» ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 

were furnished with a cannon, and gunners to "load and 
fire" it, and that the gunners discharged the cannon in 
range with a line of Indians on one of the drag-ropes, 
thus killing a large number of them, by accident, as it was 
called I 

The Penacooks were dismissed, but some three hun- 
dred of the prisoners were taken to Boston, six or seven 
hung upon the Common, and the rest sold into slavery ! 
This outrage caused innocent blood to stain many a 
hearth -stone, while it cost Major Waldron his life in the 
fatal massacre of Cochecho. 

In 1679 New-Hampshire was created by the Xing in 
Council, into a separate government, under the jurisdic- 
tion of a President and Council, and John Cutt, Esq., a 
citizen of Portsmouth, was appointed President, with six 
of the most influential citizens of the Province as a Coun- 
cil, with power to elect three other Councilors. His com. 
mission was received at Portsmouth, the first of January, 
1680, and the President and Councilors were qualified, 
and entered upon their duties on the 22d of the same 
month. In President Cutt's commission was the folloAving 
clause as to a Militia : namely, " And for ye better defense 
and security of all our loving subjects within tliB said 
Province of !N^ew-Hampshire, and ye bounds and limits 
aforesaid, our further will and pleasure is, and we do here- 
by authorize, require and command ye said President and 
Council for the time being, in our name and under the 
seal appointed by us to be used, to give and issue forth 
commissions from time to time, to such person and per- 
sons, whom they shall judge shall be best qualified for 
regulating and discipline of the Militia of our said Prov- 
ince; and for the arraying and mustering the inhabitants 
thereof, and instructing them how to bear and use their 
arms ; and that care be taken that such good discipline 
shall be observed as by ye said Council shall be pre- 
scribed ; yt, if any invasions shall at any time be made, 
or other destruction, detriment or annoyance, made or 
done by Indians, or others upon or unto our good subjects 
inhabiting within ye said Province of ISrew-IIarapshire, 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 9 

TVe do, by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, 
declare, ordain and grant, that it shall and may be lawful 
to and for our said subjects, so commissioned by our said 
Council from time to time, and at all times for their spe- 
cial defense and safety, to encounter, expel, repel and re- 
sist, by force of arms, and all other fitting means what- 
ever, all and every such person and persons as shall at any 
time hereafter attempt or enterprise the destruction, in- 
vasion, detriment or annoyance of any of our said loving 
subjects, or their plantations or estates." 

This was the first order issued to the Province of ISTew- 
Hampshire as to organizing the militia, and is contained 
in the only charter ever granted to this Province. A 
clause was contained in this commission or charter, or- 
dering the calling of a General Assembly within three 
months after they had taken the oath of office. This was 
duly called, and on the IGth of March enacted certain 
laws. The militia was organized, and was made to con- 
sist of one company of foot in each of the four towns of 
Portsmouth, Dover, Exeter and Hampton ; one company 
of artillery at the fort, and one troop of horse. Richard 
Waldron, of Dover, was appointed to the command of 
these troops, with the rank of Major. 

The military companies in the Province having been 
organized under the laws of Massachusetts, and the offi- 
cers of the same having been appointed by that govern- 
ment, much difficulty occurred in organizing the militia 
by the new government. Notwithstanding the King, in his 
commission to President Cutt, had explicitly said, " We 
have written to ye Governor and Council of the Massa- 
chusetts Bay, to recall all such commissions as they have 
granted for exercising any jurisdiction in ye parts afore- 
said," * * * "and that we have inhibited and restrained 
them for ye future from exercising any farther authority or 
jurisdiction over them," there was not wanting men who 
were unwilling to conform to the new order of things. 
To meet this difficulty, at a meeting of the Deputy Presi- 
dent (Richard AValdron) and Council, March 25, 1680, the 
following order was made : " It is ordered by the Deputy 



10 adjutant-gexeral's report. 

President and Council, tljat if there be any troopers* that 
have formed under the command of Capt. John Gerrish, 
or in that troop of Norfolk's, they shall be at liberty from 
serving any longer in that service ; provided they list 
themselves foot soldiers in the towns of their present res- 
idence ; and all such as are already, or would be troopers 
in this Province, are now to list themselves under Capt. 
John Gerrish, being qualified according to law to the fill- 
ing up said troops to the number of 60, beside ofiicers." 
And again, the 10th of June following, the Deputy Presi- 
dent and Council passed another order to meet this same 
difficulty, as follows : 

*' Ordered by the President and Council, that all the 
trained soldiers within the bounds of this Province, from 
sixteen years old and upward, do from time to time obey 
such orders and commands that shall be given by the of- 
ficers that are commissioned by this government in the 
several towns, both respecting arms and ammunition, and 
kinds of exercise, according to the laws and orders that 
are and shall be made concerning military affairs, and that 
those troopers that were formerly listed under the com- 
mand of Major Pike, and now inhabitants in this town, 
shall have liberty to list themselves and horses under the 
command of Capt. John Gerrish, Captain of the troops 
in Kew-Hampshire ; and such as do not list under his 
command, are required to attend their duties in the foot 
companies in the towns where they dwell, upon the same 
penalt^^ that is provided for neglect in that case."t 

The 8th of April of the following year, President Cutt 
died, and was succeeded, according to the Charter, by his 

* Troopers were cavalry men. In former times, a company of cavalry 
was called a troop, and its men were called troopers. 

•{•From these orders, it would appear that Major Pike had command of 
the troops or cavalry companies before President Cutt was commissioned, 
and that Capt. John Gerrish had the command of a troop ; also, that un- 
der the new form of government, Capt. Gerrish had been commissioned 
to command all the tioops or companies of cavalry in the Province. Major 
Kobert Pike was of Salisbury, Massachusetts, and Capt. John^Gerrish was 
of Dover. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 11 

Deputy, Major Wuldron, of Dover. Wm, Vanghan, of 
Portsmouth, succeeded WaldroQ as Major, commanding 
the militia of the Province. 

The Council, during this administration, made a report 
of the condition of the Province to the Lords of Trade in 
England, from which it would appear that a new fort had 
been built, and the number of guns at the fort had been 
increased, during the twenty years preceding, at the 
charge of the towns of Dover and Portsmouth, and that 
five guns had been purchased by citizens of Portsmouth, 
for defense against the Indians. The Council say : " There 
is at Great Island, at the harbor's mouth, a fort, well 
enough situated, but for the present too weak and insuf- 
ficient for the defense of the place ; the guns being eleven 
in number, are small, none exceeding a sacker (six pound- 
er), nor above twenty-one hundred weight, and the people 
too poor to make defense, suitable to the occasion that may 
happen for the fort. 

These guns were bought, and the fortification erected, 
at the proper charge of the towns of Dover and Ports- 
mouth, at the beginning of the first Dutch war, about the 
year 1665, in obedience to His Majesty's command, in his 
letter to the government, under which this Province then 
was. 

There are five guns more lying at the upper part of 
Portsmouth, purchased by private persons, for their secu- 
rity and defense against the Indians in the late war with 
them." In 1682, this Charter was annulled by the ap- 
pointment of Edward Cranfield, by the King in Council, 
as Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of New- 
Hampshire. He was duly commissioned on the 9th of 
May, and arrived at Portsmouth the 4th of October of the 
same year. Cranfield was arbitrary, capricious and rapa- 
cious. During his short administration, the officers of the 
militia were changed as his interest or prejudice might 
dictate. Major Yaughan was deposed and imprisoned. 
Capt. Stilemau, who had command of the fort at Great 
Island, was deposed, and Walter Barefoot was appointed 
to his place. Kobert Mason, the proprietor of the Prov- 



12 adjutant-general's report. 

ince, was appointed captain of "the troop," which com- 
prised some of the most respectable citizens of the Prov- 
ince. 

At length, Cranfield becoming more arbitrary and op- 
pressive, attempted to tax the people without their con- 
sent. The people refused to pay the taxes; the consta- 
bles attempted to distrain for them, and were resisted, the 
women, even, heating spits and water, wherewith to resist 
the levy. The Province was in a turmoil, and the Gov- 
ernor ordered out the " troop of horse under Mason's 
command, to assist in suppressing the disorders." Capt. 
Mason's order is on file in the Secretary's office. It was 
as follows : namely, 

"You, whose names are under-writ, being listed in the 
troop under my command, you and each of you are, in 
His Majesty's name, hereby strictly charged and required 
to meet me on Friday next, by nine of the clock in the 
forenoon, at the house of John Sherburne, Sen., at the 
Plains,* with horse, sword, pistols and shot; and hereof 
you are not to fail, as you and each of you will answer it 
at your peril. 

Given under my hand the sixth day of January, 1684. 

Robert Mason, Capt. 
To Messrs. 

Reuben Hull, Samuel Clark, 

Thomas Grafibrt, Anto Nutter, 

Richard Waldron, Joseph Hall, 

Heni»y Penny, Pheasant Estwick, 

John Hunkins, William Cotton. 
Richard Jose. 

I^Tot one of the men appeared at the time and place or- 
dered. The soldiers took sides — fraternized with the people. 

* The Plains was the noted muster-field of the " 1st Eegimenf," and is a 
tract of level land, about a mile south-west of the Kailroad depots in 
Portsmouth, on the road to Greenland Some of the leading people of 
Portsmouth resided here and in the immediate neighborhood, such as the 
Waldrons, the Langdons, and the Sherburnes. The Plains for a long 
time constituted a Parish, with its church, &c. ; and bad its noted tavern, 
the resort of the pleasure-seekers of the town. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 13 

Cranfield was foiled, and in disgust asked leave of absence, 
which being granted, he quietly left the Province, May 16, 
1685. 

The following year, Joseph Dudley was appointed Pres- 
ident of New-England. The new form of government 
went into operation May 25, 1686. It expired December 
30 of the same year. Sir Edmund Andros, arriving with 
a commission, appointed him Captain-General and Gov- 
ernor-in-Chief of New-England. This commission in- 
vested in the Governor and Council full powers to make 
laws, impose taxes and appropriate the money as they 
should think proper. Andros' administration, arbitrary 
and oppressive, was of short duration, as the people of 
Boston, on the 18th of April, 1689, rose in arms, seized 
the Governor and imprisoned him, and afterward sent 
him to England as a state prisoner. 

Some of the former magistrates in Boston, with Ex-Gov. 
Bradstreet at their head, assumed the government, taking 
to themselves the name and style of a " Council of Safety 
for the People." It is a most curious fact in the history 
of that revolution, that the people of Massachusetts should 
imprison Governor Andros for his oppressions, and the 
very same week should attempt to 'usurp the government 
of New-Hampshire, as the}- did, as appears by the follow- 
ing extract from the records of the doings of this " Coun- 
cil for the safety of the People." 

" April 23, 1689. At the council for the safety of the 
people, and conservation of the peace, — 

Ordered, That Major Richard Waldron be commander- 
in-chief of the New-Hampshire Regiment." 

But Major Waldron enjoyed this honor but for a short 
time, as he met with a tragical end on the night of the 
27th of June following. Among the Indians taken at Co- 
checho and carried to Boston, in 1676, and sold into slavery, 
were some of the friends and relatives of the Penacook 
sachems. The whole tribe was incensed, and only waited 
for a fitting opportunity to satiate their thirst for revenge. 
Their plans were matured, and on the night of the 27th of 
June, 1689, were carried into most signal efiect. The in- 



14 adjutant-general's report. 

furiated Indians, under the lead of their most noted war- 
riors, made a general assault upon the garrison of Coche- 
cho. Waldron was the special mark for their revenge. 
Awakened by the noise of the Indians already in his house, 
he rushed to the door of his apartment, sword in hand, 
and drove them through two or three doors ; but, turning 
to get his other weapons, one of the savages struck him on 
the back of his head with his tomahawk, felled him to the 
floor, and then the elated Indians drew him into the hall, 
seated him in an arm chair upon his table, where he was 
wont to dispense justice, and insultingly asked of him, 
" Who shall judge Indians now ?" After slashing him with 
their knives " to cross out their accounts," and cutting off 
his nose and ears and forcing them into his mouth, and as 
he was falling from his chair from loss of blood, an Indian 
placed his own sword beneath him upon which he fell and 
expired ! 

During the administration of Dudley and Andros, it is 
not found that any alterations were made in the laws af- 
fecting the militia of this Province. 

The people being in an unsettled state, a Convention 
was held in January, 1690, which determined to return to 
their union with Massachusetts. Accordingly, a petition, 
signed by three hundred and seventy-two persons, was 
presented, and the government of Massachusetts readily 
granted their prayer. Kepresentatives were sent to the 
General Court of Massachusetts during 1690, and the two 
years following. By vote of the towns, the military and 
civil officers, in commission before Cranfield's administra- 
tion, were restored to office, their names presented to the 
Governor, Council and Deputies, of Massachusetts, and by 
them approved and confirmed. 

The military officers thus appointed, March, 1690, were 
as follows : namely, 

"William Vaughan, of Portsmouth, Major. 

Dover. Exeter. 

John Gerrish, Captain. William Moore, Captain. 

John Tuttle, Lieutenant. Samuel Leavitt, Lieutenant. 
William Furber, Ensign. Jonathan Thing, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 16 

Oyster Eiver (Durham). Great Island (Newcastle). 

John Woodman, Captain. JSTathaniel Fryer, Captain. 
James Davis, Lieutenant. Thomas Cobbet, Lieutenant. 
Stephen Jones, Ensign. Shudrach Walton, Ensign. 

Portsmouth. Hampton. 

"Walter Neal, Captain. Samuel Sherburne, Captain. 

John Pickering, Lieutenant. Edward Gove, Lieutenant. 
Tobias Laugdon, Ensign. John Moulton, Ensign. 

The "troop," it will be seen, was not authorized. Con- 
taining only twelve men, five years previous, it probably 
had become disbanded, and was not thought of sufficient 
importance to be resuscitated. 

March 1, 1692, Samuel Allen, a merchant of London, 
was appointed Governor of New-Hampshire, and John 
Usher, of Boston, Lieutenant-Governor. Allen did not 
come over to his government for some six years, and Usher 
governed in his absence. 

Usher* came to New^-Hampshire and published his com- 
mission August 13, 1692. The same day he ordered that 
all ofiicers, civil and military, continue in their respective 
places until others were appointed. September 20, the 
following appointments were made : 

Oyster River. Dover. 

John Woodman, Captain. John Tuttle, Captain. 
James Davis, Lieutenant. Wm. Furber, Lieutenant. 
Stephen Jones, Ensign. Robert Jones, Ensign. 

Strawberry Bank. 

John Pickering, Sen., Captem. Tacant, Lieutenant. 
Tobias Langdon, Ensign. 

* John Usher was a native of Boston, and by trade, a stationer. He was 
a man of property, and visiting England, he made the purchase of Maine 
for the government of Massachusetts. This fact brought him into notice 
and having married the daughter of Gov. Allen, he readily obtained the 
appointment of Lt. Governor. 



16 adjutant-general's report. 

I^ovember 2, 1695, the following persons were impressed 
and stationed at Oyster River: nanaely, 

Samuel Penhallow, Eichard Monson, Sen., 

Samuel Keise, Obadiah Morse, 

John Tucker, Jacob Lauess. 

Upon an attack by the Indians at Portsmouth, June 26, 
1696, the garrisons on the frontiers were reinforced, and 
six men were impressed, by the Governor's order, and sent 
to Dover, July 23, to be under the command of Capt. 
John Tuttle, and posted where he should direct. The men 
thus impressed were, 

Samuel Keise, Samuel Penhallow, 

John Knight, Thomas Walcombe, 

"Wm. Cotton, Eichard Jose. 

These men were of JSTewcastle and Strawberry Bank,* 
as well as those impressed Nov. 2, 1695. Arriving at Do- 
ver, they were discharged on the 27th of July, the garri- 
sons "being destitute of all manner of provision for the 
subsistence of said soldiers, as the law directs in that kind." 

Great difficulties arose betwixt Usher and the people. 
Usher was arbitrary and self-willed, but still had the good 
of the Province at heart, as when the Council and Assem- 
bly pleaded their poverty as an excuse for not raising 
troops, or money to supply those already raised for the de- 
fense of the frontier, he would advaiice from his own purse 
money to supply their wants, as would appear from the 
following answer of the Council, in 1695, to their Gover- 
nor's request for forty men from this Province: 

" Your Honor's (communication), of the 27th of May 
last being read here, at the Council Board, wherein you 
intimate to us that the Left. Governor of Ilis Majesty's 
Province of Massachusetts Bay has given accounts that 
the avowed enemies to His most christian Majesty, and In- 
dians might be prevented of supplies which yearly come 
to them to St. John, &c. ; and that it would be for his 

*The name first given to Portsmouth, and which it retained in part, for 
years, in the following century ; the town being locally culled " The 
Bank." 



MILITARY niSTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 17 

Majesty's service and defense of his subjects here, and the 
safety and quiet of them in these territories, by aflbrding 
supplies to lit out his Majesty's two frigates for cruising in 
the Ba}' of Fundy, and of the difficulty of fitting out said 
men-of-war with men suitable, so that there is desired for- 
ty men to be employed in that service from this Province. 
We offer that we are ready to assist in all things, both by 
sea and land, to the utmost ability of this his Majesty's 
Province ; but such has been the great charge and expense 
of keeping out forty men for the guard of our frontiers, 
and the security of landmen (not fit for that service), that 
the Province, in the first place, is not in a capacity for spar- 
ing landmen ; and as for seamen, the men-of-war have im- 
pressed so many out of vessels belonging to this Province, 
that the ships must lie still for want thereof, they having 
impressed out of our ships, which belong to this place, be- 
tween twenty and thirty men, which is very considerable, 
beside those that have been taken out of smaller vessels ; 
so that at present we are wholly unable of giving ye sup- 
ply desired. 

Understanding by Mr. Elliot and the Treasurer that 
your Honor has been pleased so to advance as to send 
twelve barrels of pork for the subsistence of his Majesty's 
soldiers here in this Province, for which we return your 
Honor humble thanks ; but it happening at this juncture 
(that) there is no money in the treasury to reimburse 
your Honor; and after sundr\' debates in Council, several 
of the Board were ready and willing to disburse their 
equal proportion out of their own purses, to the value of 
the sum. Some were of the contrary opinion, and would 
not agree to disburse any thing, so that nothing at present 
can be farther done." 

This reply may have been in part the result of prejudice 
against the Lieut. Governor ; but really effective men were 
so engaged and so few, that our government had to depend 
upon Massachusetts for soldiers to guard our people, as 
will appear by the following order : 

" Capt. John Everett : — You are forthwith^ with the Mas- 
sachusetts soldiers under your command, to. attend his 
2 



18 adjutant-general's report. 

Majesty's service, as a guard to the persons emploj^ed by 
John Taylor's agents for the hauling a parcel of musts out 
of Exeter woods; and when the service is over, with your 
soldiers to return again, to the several posts from v^'hence 
they are taken. 

Dated in iSTewcastle, this 9th September, 1695. 
By order of the 

President and Council. 

During his adminstration, the militia was increased. 
Major Vaughan was deposed from his office of Major, 
and Joseph Smith, of Hampton, appointed in his place. 
Thomas Packer, of Greenland, was appointed Lieutenant 
Colonel of the Battalion. The people became dissatisfied, 
and petitioned the King for Usher's removal. The people 
prevailed, and William Partridge, a merchant of Ports- 
mouth, was appointed Lieut. Governor. Usher persisted 
in holding the office, and for some reason Partridge did 
not become qualified for near two years. 

John Hinckes was President of the Council, and he, 
with the Council seem to have governed the Province. 
They dismissed Lieut. Colonel Packer and Major Smith 
from their offices, and appointed Major Vaughan to the 
command of the militia. President Hinckes and the Coun- 
cil issued a proclamation, stating the revocation of Usher's 
commission ; and fearing that Usher might make opposi- 
tion, as in December, he had called upon the militia of 
Hampton and Portsmouth to meet him, in order that he 
might have their assistance in sustaining him, they or- 
dered Major Vaughan, with as many mounted men as he 
could obtain, to march to Exeter and Hampton, publish 
their proclamation, and to seize and secure any persons 
who were giving any disturbance to the government. 
Major Vaughan executed his order, but found no one dis- 
turbing the government, as Usher, finding the militia 
would not come out to sustain him, had left the Province. 

In a letter to the Lords of Trade, complaining of this 
treatment. Usher says, in reference to this expedition of 
Major Vaughan's, that "the militia were raised and forty 
horse sent to seize him." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 18G1. 19 

But he neglected to name that he had first ordered out 
the militia for the purpose of sustaining himself in his ar- 
bitrary raeasures, and that the militia refused to obey his 
orders ; as, also, that he attempted to put a political friend 
in command of Fort William and Mary for a like purpose. 

His orders on that occasion were as follows : 

Hampton, the 11th December, 1697. 
For Major Joseph SxMith : 

In obedience to and pursuant of orders from "White 
Hall, bearing date 27th October, 1697, directed for his Maj- 
esty's Special Service to the Honorable John Usher, 
Esquire, His Majesty's Lieut. Governor, and Commander- 
in-Chief of His Majesty's Province of Kew-Hampshire, in 
America, &c. 

You are, in His Majesty's name, required to give notice 
to all captains, militia officers and soldiers, in the town of 
Hampton, to appear in arms on Monday next, being the 
13th instant, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, in order 
to compliance with said orders, as they and every of them 
will answer the contrary for the highest contempt. 

Given under my hand and seal at arms, the day and 
year above written. John Usher, 

Lieut. Governor and Commander-in-Chief. 

To Maj. Joseph Smith. 

To Capt. Jacob Green : 

Pursuant to the above written Warrant you are, in His 
Majesty's name, required to give notice to all officers and 
soldiers under your command, to appear according to the 
above said warrant, at the meeting house in Hampton, to- 
morrow, at ten in the morning. 

Joseph Smith, Major. 

Dated December 12, 1697. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

To ye Captain and the rest of the officers of the town 
of Portsmouth : Pursuant to a warrant from Lieutenant 
Governor John Usher, Esq., to me directed from Hampton, 
bearing date ye 11th of this instant December, you are 



20 adjutant-general's report. 

hereby required, in His Majesty's name, to muster ye foot 
company under your command, that they appear on Tues- 
day next, being ye 14th instant, completely in arms, accord- 
ing to law, at ten of ye clock in ye forenoon in order to 
compliance with such orders as Lieut. Governor John 
Usher has received from White Hall, bearing date ye 27th 
of October last. Hereof fail not at your utmost peril, as 
you will answer ye contrary. 

Given under my hand and seal this 13th of December, 
1697. Thomas Packer, Lieut. Colonel. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Whereas, I was entrusted by John Usher, Esq., Lt. Gov- 
ernor, and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Province 
aforesaid, with the command of His Majesty's Fort Wil- 
liam and Mary, at Newcastle, in the Province above said : 

You are hereb}^ ordered to deliver the above said Fort 
and stores unto Capt. Shadrach Walton, Esq., for which 
this shall be your order. 

Given under my hand and seal the 13th day of Decem- 
ber, 1697. Kath. Fryer. 

To William Ardel, High Sheriff" of the Province. 

At the very time these bickerings were rife, amounting 
almost to civil war, the Indians were committing their bar- 
barous depredations with impunity. The garrisons were 
guarded in the frontier towns, but we have but little infor- 
mation as to the number of soldiers in them, as we have 
but a single paper as to the men in any one of them, and 
that as to a garrison at Oyster River, now Durham. Capt. 
Woodman gives the following certificate as to soldiers in 
his garrison : 

" April the Isi, 1697. — This may inform whom it may 
concern, that these four men here named, William Pom- 
roy, John Hill, Richard Place and Joshua Brackett, served 
their Majesty — soldiers in garrison at Oj^ster River, in the 
Province of New-Hampshire, in the year 1696 : Richard 
Pomroy six weeks ; the other two, three, four weeks apiece. 
They have had former debentures for the same, but lost 
[them]. John Woodman, Captain." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 21 

The Earl of Bellomont was appointed Governor of New- 
England, August 8, 1697, but he did not publish his com- 
mission in this Province untilJuly 31, 1699. The Assem- 
bly was in session, and in his speech the Governor advis- 
ed the building of a strong fort on Great Islai\d. He staid 
in his Province but eighteen days. Upon his return to 
New-York, he wrote the Assembly that if they would fur- 
nish the material he would endeavor to prevail upon the 
King to be at the expense of building the fort. Col. Ro- 
mer, a Dutch engineer, examined the spot, and produced 
plans for the proposed fort to the Assembly, with an esti- 
mate of the expense, £6000. This sum astonished the 
members. They pleaded povert}', and the Governor dying 
the following year, the plan was abandoned for the time. 
However, the fort was put in perfect repair, under the di- 
rection of Col. Romer, during the next few years ; so that, 
being completed in 1705, a petition was sent home to 
England for cannon, ammunition and stores, for the same. 

It was called " Fort William and Mary." Its armament 
and stores were as follows at this time, as appears by a re- 
turn made by Lieut. Theodore Atkinson.* 

"Account of Guns and Stores at Her Majesty's Fort 

William and Mary, at Newcastle, 25th July, 1705 : 

ri4 Demi Cannon, on field carriages,! 

p j Q Demi Culverin, on do. 

' 1 8 Sackers, on ship carriages, 

[^ 2 Minions, on do., 

18 barrels of Powder, 

11.0A 1 i. f 810 Demi Cannon, 
1120 shot, < 01A 7-k ■ n ^ 

' ( 310 Demi Culv., 

* Lieut. Atkinson was the father of Theodore Atkinson, afterward Cap- 
tain of the Fort, Colonel of the 1st Regiment, and Secretary and Chief 
Justice of the Province. 

f Demi Cannon were of three sizes : 

Demi Cannon large, carried a 36 lb. ball. 
Do. do. ordinary, do. 32 do. 
Do. do. least, do. 30 do. 

So of Culverins, they were of three sizes : 

Culverin largest carried a 20 lb. ball. 
Do. ordinary do. 17 do. 
Do. least do. 15 do. 



22 adjutant-general's repobt. 

150 lbs. Match, 

4 Horse-hides, 

2 Lanterns, 

2 Bondy Barrels, 
20 Rammers, 
18 Ladles, 
20 "Worms, 
18 Spongers, 
16 Priming-horns, 
13 Iron Crows, 
35 Handspikes, 
25 Crab Handspikes. 
Taken the day above : 

Per Theodore Atkinson, Lieut 

The repairs upon the Fort were hastened by the fears 
of an attack from a French fleet, while the Lidians, insti- 
gated by the French, kept the people in continual excite- 
ment, by their incursions from the North. They were so 
bold in their attacks that the people of the largest towns 
feared for their lives, additional garrison houses were built, 
and in 1703 the people of Portsmouth secured their town 
from attacks landward, by constructing a picket fence 
across the neck of the peninsula on which the compact part 
of the town is built, from the South Mill Pond to Islington 
Creek. This, with watches along its length by night, ef- 
fectually secured the inhabitants from the attacks of the 
foe, who had become so bold as to have entered the town 
by night, and affrighted people by looking into their win- 
dows.* 

The settlements were now continually harrassed by at- 
tacks from the "Indian enemy," and business came to a 
stand. There were not men enough at home to man the 
garrisons. In 1706 they made an attack at Oyster river, 
and killed eight at one house. The garrison was near, but 
no men in it. There were plucky women in it, however, 

* This line of pickets extended from the South Mill Pohd, near the TJni- 
versalist Church, to what is now the North Mill Pond, crossing Congress 
street near its intersection with Vaughan street, and striking the water of 
the Creek West of, and near, the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad Depot. 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1G23 TO 18G1. 23 

and tliey fired the alarm, and then loosening their hair and 
putting on hats that they might appear like men, they 
fired so briskly that the enemy thought men were in the 
garrison, and drew oft' in haste, without plundering the 
house they had attacked. Scouts were kept out continu- 
ally, and Capt. Hilton marched to Kingston and Ames- 
bury with sixty-four men, but was obliged to return with- 
out success, for want of provisions. The roll of this scout 
has not been preserved. The following year (1707) Capt. 
Hilton headed an expedition to the eastward, with ninety 
Massachusetts troops, and surprised a party of eighteen 
Indians, as they were asleep, killed seventeen of them and 
took the other prisoner. 

In a futile attempt upon Port Royal, two companies 
from this Province, under Major Waldron and Capt. Ches- 
ley, performed the only praiseworthy deed of the expe- 
dition. As the troops were landing, an ambuscade of 
Indians annoyed them serious!}' from sedge on a sea-wall. 
Major Waldron and Capt. Chesley pushed their companies 
upon the beach, and after a severe action drove the In- 
dians from their position, and the troops landed without 
further trouble. 

In September following, the brave Capt. Chesley was 
killed, with eight others, who, under his direction, were 
lumbering. In 1708 there was much fear of the French 
and Indians. A "Troop" scouted from Kingston to Coche- 
cho; sp3'-boats were kept out on the sea-shore, fromPiscat- 
aqua to Winter Harbor; four hundred men from Massa- 
chusetts were posted in this Province, and an additional 
force was stationed at Fort William and Mary, through 
the Summer. This force was furnished by the towns of 
Portsmouth and Hampton, as seen by the following list : 

A List of Soldiers' Names^ and Time they served, at Her 
Majesty's Fort William and Mary, at Newcastle, in the 
Province of New-Hampshire, New-England, 1708. 

Portsmouth Men 
John Foy, from 18th May to the 31st May. 
Samuel Snell, from 18th May to the 31st May. 



24 adjutant-general's eeport. 

Daniel Condrick, from 18th May to the Slst May. 
[; Thomas Beriy, from 18th May to the Slst May. 

Hamjpton. 

Christopher Pottle, from 18th May to the 1st June. 
Jona. Philbrook, from 18th May to the 1st June. 
John French, from 18th May to the 1st June. 
Chris. Palmer, from 18th May to the Ist June. 
Anthony Crosby, from 18th May to the 1st June. 
John Hobbs, from 18th May to the Ist June. 
John Wedgwood, from 18th May to the Ist June. 

Portsmouth. 

■ John Cotton, from 18th June to the 28th June. 
"^^^ James Moses, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

Peter Abbott, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

John Alexander, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

Nathaniel Gerrish, from 18th June to the 28th June. 
\^ Allen, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

Nathaniel Jackson, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

Eichard Davis, from 18th June to the 28th June. 

John Hardison, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

Nicho. AValdron, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

Rodger Thomas, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

Samuel Spinney, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

John Cook, from 28th June to the 7th July. 
"* Nathaniel Adams, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

i^ Jabez Pittman, from 28th June to the 7th July. 

Wm. Philbrook, fi'om 30th June to the 14th July. 

John Johnson, from 30th June to the 14th July. 

Daniel Condrick, from oOth June to the 14th July. 

John lloss, from oOth June to the 14th July. 

Hamifton. 

Wm. Maston, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
Joseph Brown, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
Seth Fogg, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
Daniel Lamperey, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
Isaac G^een, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
John Gove, from 1st June to the 15th July. 
Moses Blake, from 1st June to the 15th July. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 25 

Portsmouth. 

Thomas Leatherby, from 7th June to the 17th July. 

Lange, from the 7th June to the 17th July. 

Sam'l Pittman, from 7th June to the 17th July. 
Shipen Lunt, from 7th June to the 17th July. 
Ardran Frye, from 7th June to the 1/th July. 
Moses Paul, from 7th June to the 18th July. 
Wm. White, from 7th June to the 18th July. 
Arnold Beck, from 14th June to the 28th July. 
John Ilinkson, from 14th June to the 28th July. 
John Dockam, from 14th June to the 28th July. 
Mathew Nelson, from 17th June to the 28th July. 

Hampton. 

John Green, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
Ebenezer Gove, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
Benja. Green, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
Sam'l Palmer, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
Stephen Palmer, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
Thomas Maston, from 15th June to the 29th July. 
John Brown, from 15th June to the 29th July. 

Portsmouth. 

Sam'l Thompson, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
Sam'l Waterhouse, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
Thomas Beck, from 17th June to the 28th Jul}^ 
Clement Hughes, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
John Bricket, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
Jona. Whiden, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
Joseph Miller, from 17th June to the 28th July. 
Thomas Mathews, from 22d June to the 28th July. 
John Walker, from 28th June to the 8th July. 
Abraham Jones, from 28th June to the 8th July, 
Eichard Davis, trom 28th June to the 8th July. 
Samuel Hill, from 28th June to the 8th July. 
Edward Toogood, from 28th June to the 8th July. 
James Hobbs, from 28th June to the 8th Ju]3^ 
Eichard Waterhouse, from 28th June to the 8th July. 

Hampton. 
Christopher Page, from 29th June to the 13th July. 
John Sanborn, fi-om 29th June to the 13th July. 



26 adjutant-general's report. 

Eichard Taylor, from 29th June to the 13th July. 
Timothy Knoles, from 29th June to the 13th July. 
Wm. Brown, from 29th June to the 13th July. 
Jacob Brown, 29th June to the 13th July. 

Poi'tsmouth. 

Eobert Goss, from 29th June to the 12th July. 
Samuel King, fi'om 29th June to the 12th July. 
Samuel Davis, from 29th June to the 12th July. 
Thomas Starboard, from 29th June to the 12th July. 
John Preston, from 8th July to the 19th July. 
Eichavd Martin, from 8th July to the 19th July. 
Philip Pike, from the 8th July to the 19th July. 
Hugh Candfield, from the 8th July to the 19th July. 
John Savage, from 8th July to the 19th July. 
John BIy, from 8th July to the 19th July. 
John Page, fi'om 8th July to the 19th July. 

Hampton. 

Jona. Taylor, from 13th July to the 27th July. 
Zack. Phillbrook, from 13th July to the 27th July. 
Stephen Palmer, from loth July to the 27th July. 
Daniel Lamprey, from 13tli July to the 27th July. 
Caleb Perkins, from 13th July to the 27th July. 
Israel Blake, from 13th July to the 27th July. 
Benja. Cram, from 13th July to the 27th July. 

Portsmouth. 

Christopher Keniston, from 12th July to the 2Cth July. 
Samuel Neal, from 12th July to the 26th July. 
Samuel Haines, from 12th July to the 27th July, 
John Fox, from 12th July to the 27th July. 
Capt. Pickering, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
Capt. Wincall, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
Capt. Hull, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
James Gray, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
Henry Seward, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
George Pirce, from 19th July to the 29th July. 
Jer. Miller, from 19th July to the 29th July. 

Hampton. 

John Perkins, from 27th July to the 10th August. 
Abraham Brown, from 27th July to the 10th August. 



K 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 27 

Wm. Lunt, from 27th July to the 10th August. 
John Lunt, from 27th July to the 10th August. 
Benja. James, from 27th July to the lOtli August. 
Benja. Ilillyard, from 27th July to the 10th August. 
Timothy Blake, from 27 July to the 10th August. 

Portsmouth. 

Thomas Rowe, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
Daniel Davis, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
Thomas Crocker, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
John Neal, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
John Peverly, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
John Barnes, from 26th July to the 9th August. 
Henry Slooper, from 29th July to the 9th August. 
Capt. Wybird, from 29th July to the 9th August. 
Charles Brown, from 29th July to the 9th August. 
Mr. Mead, from 29th July to the 9th August. 
Mr. Calfe, from the 29th Jul^^ to the 9th August. 
Mr. Boothe, from 9th August to the 19th August. 
Mr. Door, from 9th August to the 19th August. 
Nath'l Tuckerman, from 9th August to the 19th August. 
Walter Abbott, from 9th August to the 19th August. 
Benja. Pudington, from 9th August to the 19th August. 

Hampton. 

David Moulton, fi'om lOth August to the 24th August. 
Thomas Batcheldcr, from 10th August to the 24th August. 
Joseph Palmer, from 10th August to the 24th August. 
John Garland, from 10th August to the 24th August. 
Thos. Phillbrook, from 10th August to the 24th August. 
Sam'l Melcher, from 10th August to the 24th August. 

PortS7nouth. 

Thomas Pickering, from 9th August to the 23d August. 
Henry Sherburne, from 9th August to the 23d August. 
Jude Allen, from 23d August to the 6th September. 
George Huntress, from 23d August to the 6th September. 
John Phillbrook, from 23d August to the 6th September. 
Sam'l Foss, from 23d August to the 6th September. 
Walter I^eal, from 23d August to the 6th September. 



28 adjutant-general's report. 

Hampton. 

James Chapman, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
James Carr, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Thomas Haines, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Philamon Dalton, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Abraham Libby, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Wm. Norton, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Sam'l Tilton, from 24th August to the 7th September. 
Israel Shepard, from 24th August to the 7th September. 

Portsmouth. 
Nicholas Follot, from 19th August to the oOth August. 

Giddings, from 19th August to the 30th August. 

John Mead, from 19th August to the 30th August. 
Jeremiah Libby, from 19th August to the 30th August. 
Peter Paul, from 19th August to the 30th August. 
Lazerus Holmes, fi-om 19th August to the 30th August. 
James Moses, from 19th August to the 30th August. 
Eowland Thomas, from 30th August to the 10th September. 
Thomas Greeley, from 30th August to the 10th September. 
Eichard Toby, from 30th August to the 10th September. 
Edward Wells, from 30th August to the 10th September. 
Wm. Cotton, from 30 August to the 10th September. 
John Shackfoi-d, from 30 August to the lOth September. 
Wm. Fui-bur, from 6 September to the 21st September. 
Jethi'o Furbur, from 6th Sept. to the 21st September. 
Sam'l Whidden, from Cth Sept. to the 21st September. 
James Leach, from 6th September to the 21st September. 
Joshua Beck, from 6th September to the 21st September. 

Hampton. 
Thomas Marston, from 7th Sept. to the 2l8t September. 
Isaiah Philbrook, from 7th Sept. to the 2l8t September. 
John Garland, from 7th September to the 21st September. 
Abraham Libby, from 7tli Sept. to the 2l8t September. 
Josiah Dow, from 7th September to the 21st September. 
Jacob Clifford, from 7th September to the 21st September. 
David Tilton, from 7th September to the 2l8t September. 
Caleb Swq,in, from 7th September to the 21st September. 

Portsmouth. 
Alexander Miller, from 10th Sept. to the 20th September. 
Wm. Lewis, from 10th September to the 20th September. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 29 

Roger Swain, from 10th September to the 20th September. 
Capt. Thomas Phipps, from 10th Sept. to the 20th Sept. 
John "Woodman, from 10th Sept. to the 20th September. 
George Marshall, from 10th Sept. to the 20tb September. 
Nathaniel Pike, from 20th Sept. to the 30th September. 
Timothy Davis, from 20th Sept. to the 30th September. 
James JLiibby, from 20th Sept. to the 30th September. 
Thomas Rand, 20th September to the 5th October. 
Alexander Hodgdon, from 20th Sept. to the 5th October. 
Joseph Moses, from 20th September to the 5th October. 

Hampton. 
Thomas Levett, from 21st September to the 5th October. 
Wm. Sanborn, from 21st September to the 5th October. 
Stephen Sanborn, from 21st Sept. to the 5th October. 
John Dow, from 21st September to the 6th Octobei*. 

Fortsmouth. 
"Wm. Cotton, from 30th September to the 12th October. 
Sam'l Clark, from 30th September to the 12th October. 
Nathan Knight, from 30th September to the 12th October. 
Joseph Berry, from 5th October to the 18th October. 
Thomas Every, from 5th October to the 18th October. 

Hampton. 
Robert Moulton, from 5th October to the 19th October. 
John Berry, from 5th October to the 19th October. 

Portsmouth. 
Enoch Barker, from 12th October to the 22d October. 
Caleb Grafton, from 12th October to the 22d October. 

Hampton. 
Benja. Perkins, from 6th October to the 19th October. 
Thomas Dow, from 6th October to the 19th October. 

Fortsmouth. 
Nath'l Peverly, from 18th October to the 1st November. 
Stephen Berry, from 18th October to the 1st November. 

Hampton. 
Sam'l Dow, from 19th October to the 1st November. 
Jer. Marston, from 19th October to the 1st November. 
John Cram, from 19th October to the 1st November. 
Edward "Williams, from 19th October to the Ist November. 

Shadrach Walton, Capt. 



30 adjutant-general's report. 

Col, Hilton made a winter march to Pequauquaiike*, with 
a hundred and seventy men, but without success. In 1709, 
Colonel Hilton and Capt. Davis, of Oj'ster River, perform- 
ed their usual tour of scouting, and the Province furnished 
one hundred men and two transports for the futile expedi- 
tion against Canada, under Vetch and Nicholson. 

The following year the Indians were still hovering upon 
our frontiers. Scouts were kept out continually, and the 
garrisons were guarded with extra care ; yet the savages 
were often successful in their inroads. 

Capt. Nicholas Gilman, of Exeter, was upon scout duty 
occasionally, through the Summer, as by the following rolls : 

" A Musler-roU of a Company in Her Majesty's service under 
the command of Capt. Nicholas Gilman : namely, 

£ s. d. 
Thomas Dolloff, from June 2l8t to June 23d, 2 days 18 

Eicbard York, '< " " 

John Dudley, " " " 

Eichard Smith, " <' " 

Thomas McKeen, " « « 

Jonathan Folsom, " " " 

John Lougee, " " " 

Dudley Hilton, " « <' 

John Barber, " - " " 

Jonathan Hilton, " " " 

Robert Woolford, « « " 

William French, •' " " 

£10 

June 23, 1710, Capt. Nicholas Gilman went on another 

scout of two days. His roll was as follows : 

£ s. d. 
Nicholas Gilman, Captain, . • . . .018 

Jeremiah Gilman, 18 

David Gilman, 18 

* Pequauquauke, means the crooked place, from the Indian words, pe- 
quauquis — [crooked) and auke (a place). It was applied to the region at 
and about Fryeburg, Me., from the fact that the Saco river encircled a 
largo part of the rich lands of that town, thus forming a large peninsula 
and running more than thirty miles in the town. 








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Samuel Dudley, 
Bartholomew Thing, 
James Dudley, 
Stephen Dudley, 
Daniel Ladd, 
John Ladd, 
Daniel Young, 
Jonathan Young, 
Carlo Gilman, 
Jeremiah Connor, 
Daniel Eames, 
Daniel Bean, . 
Nicholas Smith, 
John Folsom, 
Jonathan Folsom, 
Daniel Lary, 
Benjamin Jones, 
Joseph Lawrence, 
James Sinclair, , 
Nathaniel Ladd, 
John Thing, . . 
Samuel Mitchel, 
Ephraini Folsom, 
Edward Gilman, 
John Drisco, . . 








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Capt. Nicholas Gilman had command of a detachment 
at Col. Hilton's Garrison at this time. They were the fol- 
lowing, — as appears by a " Jliisier-Holl of Soldiers at Col. 
Hilton's Garrison July 3, 1710." 

Daniel Earns, 7 days, .... 

Jonathan Young, 7 days, 

Samuel Bean, 7 days, .... 

Cornelius Lary, 7 days, 

Thomas Lowel, 7 days, .... 

Samuel Lovering, 14 days, . 

John York, 7 days, ..... 

Armstrong Hoi^n, 14 days, . 

Bartholomew Thing, 7 days, 



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6 





6 





6 





6 





12 





6 





12 





6 



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Thomas Laiy, 14 days, 
Jeremiah Arringdine, 7 days, 
John Munscy, 10 at Kingston, 






12 





6 





8 6 



£4 12s. 6d. 



July 5, 1710, Capt. Gil man started upon another scont 
for two days, as seen by the following Roll : — 

Muster-Boll of a Scout after the enemy by order of Major 

Smith. 



Nicholas Gilman, Captain, 

Jeremiah Gilman, . 

JSfathaniel Ladd, . 

Jeremiah Connor, . 

Abraham Folsom, 

Daniel Lary, , 

John Folsom, 

James Dudley, 

John Ladd, . 

Daniel Bean, . 

James Sinclair, . 

John Bean, 

John Scribner, 

John Nash, 

Samuel Dudley, . 

Carlo Gilman, . 

Daniel Young, 

Daniel Gilman, 

Philip Dudo, 

Jonathan Hilton, . 

John Perkins, 



This same year, ISTew-IIampshire furnished one hundred 
men, under Col. Shadrach Walton, of Newcastle, for the 
successful expedition against Port Royal. 

July 22d of this year, the Indians succeeded in their 
long cherished plan of cutting ofi' Col. Hilton, who had so 
long been their terror. He was engaged in getting masts, 
and having some about fourteen miles distant, left from 





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MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 33 

the preceding winter, for fear of their destruction by 
worms, he, with a party, were engaged iu peeling them, 
when they were ambushed by the Indians, who killed Hil- 
ton and two others at the first fire. Two were taken pris- 
oners and the others escaped. The^^ could make no resist- 
ance, as their guns were useless from a storm. A com- 
pany of one hundred men went in pursuit of the enemy 
the next day, but found nothing but the mangled bodies 
of their neighbors. The 16th of August a company con- 
sisting of ninety-one men, under the command of Capt. 
John Oilman, went in pursuit of the enemy. This roll 
was as follows : 

"J. Cluster Roll of the Company in Her 3Iajesii/s Service 
under the command of John Gilman, Captain, which march- 
ed August 16, 1710, and loas in the service five days. By 
order of the Honorable John Usher, Esq., Lieut. Governor 
in and over Her 3IaJesty's Province of New-Hampshire :" 



John Gilman, Captain, 
Samuel Marston, Ensign, 
Nathaniel Weare, " 
John Light, Clerk, 
David Gilman, Serg't, 
James Leavitt, " 
Alexander Magoon, Serg't, 
Benjamin Gale, " 

Joseph Tilton, " . 

Ephraira Folsom, Corporal, 
Samuel Piper, " 

Benjamin Eollins, " 
Israel Smith, " 

Ebenezer Webster, Pilot, 
Joseph Young, '< 

Benjamin Taylor, Sentinel, 
Thomas Tony, « 

Josiah Hall, « 

Thomas Gording, " . 

Thomas Eobinson, " 
Nathaniel Folsom, Jr., " 
John Jones, " 

3 



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ADJUTANT-GENEKAL S KEPORT. 



James Fuller, Sentinel 

John Sinclair, " 

John Sinclair, Jr., " 

Edward Fifield, " . 

Jonathan Clark, " 

William Childs, " . 

Ithiel Smith, « 

40^ Samuel Green, " • 

Abraham Morgan, " 

Bichard Morgan, " . 

David Robinson, " 

Jonathan Eobinson, " . 

Thomas Powell, " 

John Harris, " . 

David Tilton, " 

Carlo Gilman, " . 

Andrew Glidden " 

James Sinclair, Jr., " . 

Daniel Young, " 

Thomas Dolloff, " . 

Daniel Lary, " 

Philip Lewis, " . 

Thomas Lary, " 

Samuel Hean, Jr., " . 

Benjamin Cram, " 

Jonathan Prescott, " . 

Eeuben Sanborn, " 

John Clifford, " . 
Nathaniel Bachelder, " 

Ebenezer Lovering, " . 

Caleb Swain, " 

Joseph Cram, " . 

Amos Cass, " 

Joseph Dow, " . 

John Swain, " 

Jonathan Nason, " , 

Nathan Green, " 

Francis Page, " . 

Thomas Marston, " 

James Lock, " 

Abraham Brown, " 



£ 


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d. 





5 








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5 








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HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 










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John Wedgwood, 


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John Jennings, 


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Thomas Brown, 


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Joseph Palmer, 


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Henry Bow, 


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Isaac Philbriek, 


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Henry Dearborn, 


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Samuel Bachelder, 


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Zaehariah Philbriek, 


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5 





John Garland, 


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William Moulton, 


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5 





Peter Johnson, 


a 


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Edward Rand, 


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5 





Jacob Moulton, 


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Thomas Haines, 


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Thomas Dearborn, 


11 


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Ebenezer Dearborn, 


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5 





William Godfrey, 


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Thomas Leavitt, 


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Joshua Foss, 


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Tobias Lear, 


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Samuel Brackett, 


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Richard Goss, 


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John Sherburne, 


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Samuel Wallace, 


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Samuel Berry, 


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Francis Rand, 


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William Seavey, 


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James Berry, 


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£25 18 2 
John Gilman. 
19tb April, 1711. This muster roll is allowed by the 
Committee, deducting from each soldier Id. and from the 
Captain 5d. and allow but two corporals and two sergeants. 
Allowed, X19 175. 2d. 

Charles Story, Secretary. 

In the Fall of 1710, Col. "Walton went eastward, at the 
head of one hundred and seventy men, from New Hamp- 



36 adjutant-general's report. 

shire and Massachusetts. Their success was iuconsidera- 
bie, and we know not how many troops were furnished by 
this province. 

In the Spring of 1711 the Indians commenced their rav- 
ages early. In June, CoL Walton, at the head of two 
companies, marched to " the Ponds," * where the Indians 
usually gathered for fishing, but their fishing stations and 
wigwams were deserted. 

About the same time (June 8) orders came from Eng- 
land for the colonies to furnish their quotas of men and 
provisions for the invasion of Canada, to be ready at the 
time of the arrival of the fleet from England. It arrived 
within sixteen days, and although one half of the militia 
of the Province was in active service, guarding the fron- 
tiers, yet New-IIampshire had ready for the service one 
hundred men, two transports, and provisions for the men 
for one hundred and twenty-six days. The expedition, 
however, was a failure. In sailing up the St. Lawrence 
eight transports were wrecked, a thousand lives lost, but 
only one man from New-England. The fleet put down 
the river and returned to England, while the Yankees re- 
turned to their homes. During the Summer of 1712 the 
Indians continued their depredations, and scouts were con- 
tinually kept upon the frontiers, but the names of few of 
the men have transpired. The intrepid Captain Davis 
was out occasionally during the season, as appears by the 
following roll : 

A Muster-RoU of those men who went on a Scout under the 
command of Captain James Davis, from Oyster River, from 

May ISih until October 12th, 1712. 

Days. 

Benjamin Mathews, ... 10 

Moses Davis, . . . .10 

Jeremiah Burnham, ... 10 

Jonathan Thompson, . • .10 

Jonathan Chesley, ... 10 

Robert Burnham, . . . .10 

John Chesley,, . . ^, . 10 

* These "Ponds" were doubtless the lakes at the heads of the Merri- 
mack and Salmon Falls rivers. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



37 



Eli Chrk, . 
John Tolmau, 
Thomas Lines, 
Timothy Connor, 
Robert Thompson, 
Thomas Stephenson, 
James Davis, 
Sampson Doe, 
Joseph Dudo, 
Oornelius Drisco, 
Benjamin Pinner, 
Thomas Drew, Jun., 
John Kent, . 
Samuel VVilley, , 
William Drew, 
r> William Pitman, ' 
John Ambrose, 
John Kand, 
Eli Demerett, 
John Davis, 
Timothy Davis, 
Samuel Williams, 
Ichabod FoUet, 
John Tasket, 



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This was called " Queen Anne's War," and ceased when 
peace was restored betwixt the belligerents in Europe, by 
the treaty of Utrecht, in 1712. The news of peace was 
proclaimed in Portsmouth, October 29, 1712. The Indians 
desired a treaty, and one was formally signed by the chiefs 
of the belligerent tribes, at Portsmouth, July 11, 1713. 
After this, the people of the Province had some years of 
quiet, and seem to have earnestly cultivated the arts of 
peace. The statutes of the Province were collated and 
published for the first time, in 1716. Adopting the prin- 
ciple, that in time of peace a government should prepare 
for war, a militia law was enacted by the Assembly in 
1718, and published the following year. This was the 
first attempt at any thing like a regular militia law in this 
State. Heretofore the organization of the militia had 
been left to the Governor and Council ; or, if any act had 



38 adjutant-general's report. 

been passed by the Assembly, it had merely been for a 
temporary purpose. The troops raised during the French 
and Indian wars had usually been raised by " volunteer- 
ing," or by impressment, under the orders of the Gov- 
ernor and Council. 

The law of 1718 provided that all male persons, from 
sixteen to sixti/ years of age, except negroes and Indians, 
should perform military service; that the clerk of every troop 
or company should take a list of all persons living within the 
precincts of such troop or company, four times a year, and 
report the same, under penalty, to the commander of such 
troop or company ; that all persons should attend duty 
vs^hen listed, under penalty ; how foot soldiers should be 
armed; how troopers should be furnished and armed; 
that there might be two troops in each regiment; that 
regimental musters should be but once in three years; 
that every captain or commander of a troop or company 
should call out his company fou7' times in each year, and 
no more, to exercise them in motions, the use of arms, 
and shooting at marks, or other military exercises, and 
that each person liable, not obeying, should pay a fine of 
five shillings ; that every commissioned officer of any troop 
or company might punish disordei's or contempts on train- 
ing days, or watches, by punishments no greater than 
" laying neck and heels," riding the wooden horse, or ten shillings 
fine; that watches might be appointed by commanding 
officers of regiments or companies, and that those liable to 
do military duty should perform the watches when duly 
notified, under penalty ; that certain persons, other than 
negroes and Indians, should be exempt from trainings and 
watches ; that the commissioned officers of troops and 
companies should appoint their sergeants and corporals ; 
that every commanding officer of a troop or company 
should order a diligent inquirj^ into the state of the troop 
or company, taking an exact list of the soldiers and in- 
habitants within his precinct, and the defects of arms and 
of persons ; how those unable to purchase arms should be 
provided with them ; how musical instruments should be 
provided ; that the chief officers of every regiment and the 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 39 

company officers of the same should meet as often, and at 
such tune and place, as the commander of such regiment 
should order, for conference and military discipline ; that 
towns should provide a stock of powder, bullets and flints, 
and arms for its poor, and renew the same from time to 
time ; that selectmen of towns should make a rate for 
paying for ammunition ; that alarms should be given from 
the castle on Great Island, and other places, and in what 
manner; that, upon such alarms, relief should be sent; 
that any person making a false alarm should " be fined to 
his Majesty twenty pounds^ for the support of government," 
or sutfer six months' imprisonment ; that no officer, mili- 
tary or civil, should quarter or billet any soldier or seaman 
on any inhabitant, without his consent, other than licensed 
taverners, under the penalty of one hundred pounds; fixed 
certain penalties for disobedience of orders and neglect of 
the duties and provisions of the act; and directed the 
manner of collecting all fines, and the way in which such 
fines should be distributed. 

The organization of the militia into regiments, battal- 
ions, companies and troops, as well as defining the limits 
for the same, was left to the Governor and Council. 

In 1719 an additional act was passed, enacting that a 
warrant, under the hand and seal of the commanding offi- 
cer of a company, left at a soldier's dwelling place, was a 
sufficient impress, and any one neglecting such a warrant 
should pay a fine of four pounds, and for want thereof 
should be sent to jail till the fine was paid, and all neces- 
sary costs ; that delinquents in training, doing garrison 
duty, or in watching and warding, when ordered by the 
proper officer, should pay a fine of twenty shillings, and 
charges for every ofl:ense, and for want thereof be com- 
mitted to the jail in Portsmouth until the fine and neces- 
sary charges were paid ; that no gun should be fired after 
sunset in time of war, under penalty ; that if any person 
so ofi'ending belonged to any garrison or forces in actual 
service, he should, at the discretion of the commanding 
officers of the garrison, troop or company to which he be- 
longed, be punished by " the bUboes, laying neck and 



40 adjutant-general's report. 

beels, riding the wooden horse, or running the gauntlet ;" 
that deserters be accounted as felons, and suffer the pains; 
of death, or some other grievous punishment, at the dis- 
cretion of the court; and that such deserters should be 
tried by the civil courts or by commissioners specially ap- 
pointed by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief for the 
time being. 

An organization was effected under this law, but away 
from the Piscataqua and its branches, and the sea-coast, 
the population was so sparse that the law could not be car- 
ried into effect, and the settlements upon the Merrimack 
depended for protection upon their own voluntary associ- 
ations, or aid from Massachusetts, rather than from the mi- 
litia of the Province. The system of offering bounties for 
scalps prevailed, and was considered effectual. 

In the Winter of 1721-22, a party was organized under 
Col. Thomas Westbrooke, and marched to " Norridge- 
wog "* to seize Sebastian Ralle, the Jesuit priest, who 
had built a church at that place, for the purpose of chris- 
tianizing the Indians. He was in the interest of the 
French, and was suspected of instigating the Indians to 
attack the English settlements. The expedition failed, as 
Ealle fled to the woods. This attempt upon their spiritual 
father enraged the Indians, and they commenced the 
"Fourth Indian War" in the summer of 1722, commonly 
called " Lovewell's War." They commenced their attacks 
in Maine, and confined them principally to that part of the 
country through the Summer and Fall of 1722. 

The people of I^ew-IIampshire thus had time to make 
preparation for the threatened storm. The Governor and 
Council established the wages of oflicers and men at the 
following rates : A captain, seven pounds per month ; a 
lieutenant, four pounds; a sergeant, fifty-eight shillings; 
a corporal, forty-five shillings, and a private forty shillings. 
They enlisted men for two years, and offered a bounty of 
one hundred pounds for every Indian scalp, except those 

* This word is a corruption of the Indian word NantraJisouacke, the car- 
rying place. It means, literally, the place where to leave the water and take 
to the land. Narragansett is a corruption of the same word. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1622 TO 1861. 



41 



of women and children. This offer of wages did not al- 
ways secure soldiers to the government, and reliance was 
placed more upon impressment for short periods, and upon 
volunteers having in view the liberal bounties ofl'ered for 
scalps. 

The Indians commenced these attacks early in 1723, 
and Lt. Gov. Wentworth ordered out various scouting 
parties. The following is the list of one of them that has 
been preserved : 

" A List of the Men's Names that marched under the command 
of Captain John Gilman to Winnipissiocky Pond. Entered 
the Gih day of 31ay, 1723 ; ended the ISih day inst., being 
in all thirteen days." 



John Gilman, Captain, 
Ichabod Chesley, Lieutenant, 
James Nock, Chaplain, 

Crosby, Doctor, 

Jacob Smith, Clerk, 
Jonathan Chesley, Pilot, 
William Hill, " 

Joseph Beard, Sergeant, 
Nehemiah Levett, " 
"William Jenkins, " . 
David Moulton, " 
Joseph Simons, Corporal, . 
John VVallingford, " 

-^John Clark, " 

Thomas Haynes, " 
Oliver Smith, 
Thomas Lacey, 
Jeremiah Bean, . 

^Samuel Dolloff, 
Samuel Doe, 
Jonathan Kenniston, ' 
John Barker, 
David Q aim by, 
Samuel Bean, 
Samuel Blake, 
Jeremiah Gove, . 





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18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 
18 7 



42 



adjutant-general's report. 



Isaac Green, 
John French, 
James Robinson, 
Samuel Vesey, 
Samuel Keniston, 
William Rynes, . 
Ezekiel Leathers, 
John Young, 
Samuel Starboard, . 
John Roberts, 
Moses Kenny, 
Ezekiel Wentworth, 
William Ellis, 
Hugh Conner, 
Samuel Williams, 
John Bunker, 
Andrew Peters, 
Samuel Richards, 
Thomas Rynes, 
Moses Conner, 
Morris Fowler, 
John Blake, 
Thomas Brown, 
Samuel Bi-own, . 
Samuel Page, . 
Sylvanus Smith, . 
John Govell, . 
James Witherhill, 



£ s. d. 

L8 7 
'7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 



£59 15 1 
John Gilman. 



The Indians continued their depredations the following 
year, and, among many others of the Piscataqua valley, 
killed Elder James Nock, of " Oyster River" (now Dur- 
ham), who was chaplain of the company of Capt. John 
Gilman, sent out on a scout the preceding year. Upon 
these attacks several scouts were sent in pursuit of the 
enemy. The muster rolls of two of these scouts have been 
preserved, and are as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



43 



" A Bluster Roll of the Soldiers in the Service of the Province 
of New-Hampshire, under the command of Capt. Daniel 
Ladd, in a march after the Enemy, toward Wannipissocke 
Pond, 31ay 17, 1724. 

Quality. 

Daniel Ladd, Captain, 
Andrew Gilman, Lieutenant, 
Ezekiel Gilman, Clerk, 
Daniel Giles, Sergeant, 
John Moody, Corporal, 
John Huntoon, " 
Abner Thurston, " 
Nehemiah Levett, Pilot, 
John Bean, Sentinel, 
Philip Moody, " . 
John Kuget, 
John Magoon, 
Jonathan Young, 
John Folsom, 
Abraham Folsom, 
John Quimby, 
Jonathan Connor, 
Joseph Leavitt, 
Samuel Eastman, 
Joseph Coleman, . 
Christopher Robinson, 
James Norris, 
Samuel Ackers, 
John Carty, . 

£9 
Jacob Smith, "j 

Ephraim Philbrook, I 

Isathaniel Glidden, [ ^^'^ *^^^ ^^^'^ ^^*^ *^^^^" ^^^^®^- 

Patrick Greing, J 

Exeter, October 14, 1724. 
Daniel Ladd made oath to the truth of what is set down in 
this muster-roll. 

Before me, John Gilman, 

Justice of the Peace. 



ays. 


"Whole wages 




£ s. d. 


6 




6 




6 


12 6 


6 


12 6 


6 


9 


6 


9 


6 


9 


6 


9 


6 


8 6 


6 


8 6 


6 


8 6 


6 


8 6 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 


5 


7 1 



44 adjutant-general's report. 

Oyster River, November 20, 1724. 
To the Honorable General Assembly of the Province of 
New Hampshire : 
Gentlemen : This is to certify your Honors that I com- 
manded a scout of eight men, at Oyster River, (whose 
names are under mentioned) from the 8th day of last July 
till that month was expired. 

Abraham Clark. 

Days. 

John Bunker, .... 23 

James Davis, .... 23 

John Brown, .... 6 

James Keniston, .... 23 

Clement Drew, ... 10 

William Clay, .... 8 

Nathaniel Denbo, ... 16 

Joseph Perkins, .... 2 

William Rains, ... 5 

Samuel Williams, ... 18 



134— £11 7s. M. 
Sworn to per Abraham Clark. 

The Indians had been so successful on land that, having 
taken certain shallops, sloops and schooners on the east- 
ern coast, deserted by our people, they manned them, and 
sailed along the coast, destroying much property, killing 
some, capturing others, and spreading consternation along 
the coast. To stop these depredations an expedition of 
shallops was started in Massachusetts. This Province fur- 
nished the shallop Eliza, and twenty-two men, under the 
command of Capt. John Salter. Massachusetts furnished 
two shallops and a small schooner; one shallop, the Sarah, 
commanded by Capt. Manory ; the other commanded by 
Capt. Lukeman, and the schooner by Capt. Jackson. 
They sailed about the 12th of June, 1724, and on the 17th, 
when at "Montinicus," on the coast of Maine, Capt. 
Manory informed the others that " his men, by a vote, had 
declared to go to the westward, and that he would go no 
farther eastward." They then started homeward, but soon 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1C23 TO 1861. 45 

saw a schooner of the enemy under the "Green Island." 
The enemy made chase, and our fleet made haste to get 
out of their way. The schooner of the enemy missing 
stays, she wore and made for the shore. Our people were 
80 panic-struck that they made no attempt to follow and 
attack, but made the best of their way to the Isles of 
Shoals, where they arrived the 21st of June, at night, 
probably much pleased at their escape. The crafts from 
Massachusetts made for Boston harbor, and the Eliza 
came into Piscataqua harbor, on the 22d of June. The 
people were much exasperated at the failure of the expe- 
dition, and the report of Capt. Salter to the Legislature 
did not allay the excitement. By these repeated depre- 
dations the people became aroused, and determined upon 
the destruction of " JSTorridgewog," the supposed "hot 
bed" of all their troubles. Accordingly, Captains Moul- 
ton and Harman, of York, under instructions from Mas- 
sachusetts, each at the head of one hundred men, marched 
for Norridgewog, and, in the laconic language of Dr. Bel- 
knap, "surprised that village; killed the obnoxious Jesuit, 
with about eight}' ; recovered three captives ; destro3'ed the 
chapel ; brought awa}' the plate and furniture of the altar, 
and the devotional flag, as trophies of their victory." 

This attack upon their village, death of their priest, 
destruction of the chapel, and desecration of its altar, led 
the Indians to extend their incursions and commit greater 
atrocities. In the fall of 1724 JSTathan Cross and Thomas 
Blanchard were taken prisoners by the Indians from that 
part of Dunstable now Nashua. The day following their, 
capture, Lieut. Ebenezer French, with ten of the principal 
inhabitants, went in pursuit of the Indians. At the brook 
near Thornton's Ferry, in Merrimack, the Indians laid in 
ambush and fired upon the party, killing most of them at 
the first tire. One only, Josiah Farwell, escaped, of the 
entire party. This massacre produced the greatest excite- 
ment in the valley of the Merrimack, and some of the bold 
spirits determined upon chastising the Indians. John 
Lovewell, Josiah Farwell and Jonathan Robbins, all of 
Dunstable, and noted hunters and Indian fighters, memo- 



46 adjutant-general's report. 

rialized the government of Massachusetts, desiring em- 
ployment against the enemy, and offering that if they 
might " be aUowed five shillings per day, in case they kill 
an enemy Indian and possess their scalp, they will employ 
themselves in Indian hunting one whole year; and if 
within that time they do not kill any, they are content to be 
allowed nothing for their wages, time and trouble." 

The Legislature of Massachusetts authorized these men 
to raise a company, " to range, and to keep out in the 
"woods, in order to destroy their enemy Indians," and voted 
a bounty of <£100 per scalp. A company of thirty men 
was soon raised, and the officers were as follows : namely, 

John Lovewell, Captain. Josiah Farwell, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Robbins, Ensign. 

Lovewell marched his company boldly into the wilder- 
ness, and on the 19th day of December, in the vicinity of 
Lake Winnipesaukee, killed an Indian and captured a boy 
that was with him. They returned immediately to Bos- 
ton upon this small success, received the reward, and the 
Legislature voted each man a gratuity of two shillings and 
six pence per day, as an encouragement in so laudable a 
work ! This success started up the hunters in all the re- 
gion round about ! Capt. Lovewell soon found himself at 
the head of eighty-seven men, and crossed the Merrimack 
at Dunstable on the 29th day of January, 1725, on his 
way to "the Pigwacket country." At the eastward of 
Lake Winnepesaukee, on the 20th of February, the trail 
of a party of Indians was discovered, and early in the 
morning of the following day the Indians were attacked 
as they were "asleep around a large fire," and the entire 
party, ten in number, slain. The company proceeded to 
Boston by the way of Dover, and received their bounty o 
£1000 from the treasury. These Indians were encamped 
on the shore of a pond in Wakefield, which has ever since 
borne the name of Lovewell. This success was hailed 
W'ith joy throughout the Provinces. Other companies 
were raised and marched for the Indian country, but had 
no success. After a few days of rest, the intrepid Love- 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 47 

well raised another company of forty-six men, determined 
to attack " bold Paugiis in his den," at Pequauquauke. 
The officers and men of this renowned company were as 
follows ; namely, 

John Love well, Dunstable, Captain. 
Josiah Farwell, " Lieutenant. 

Jonathan Robbins, " Ensign. 

Jonathan Frye, Andover, Chaplain. 
Wyiiam Ayer, Haverhill, Doctor. 
Noah Johnson, Dunstable, Sergeant. 
Nathaniel Woods, " " 

Benjamin Plassel, " Corporal. 
Edward Lingtield, Londonderry, " 
Thomas Richardson, Woburn, " 
Austen, Abial, Haverhill. 
Austen, Zebediah, " 
Ayer, Ebenezer, " 

Barron, Elias, Groton. 
Cummings, Josiah, Dunstable. 
Cummings, William, " 
Chamberlain, John, Groton. 
Davis, Eleazer, Concord. 
Farrar, Jacob, " 

Farrar, Joseph, " 

Farwell, Josiah, Dunstable. 
Fullam, Jacob, AYeston. 
Gilson, John, Groton. 
Gilson, Joseph, " 
Goffe, John, Londonderry. 
Harwood, John, Dunstable. 
Halburt, Ebenezer, " 
Jefts, John', Groton. 
Johnson, Ichabod, Woburn. 
Johnson, Josiah, " , 

Jones, Josiah, Concord. 
Kies, Solomon, Billerica. 
Kidder Benjamin, Londonderry. 
Kittredge, Jonathan, Billerica. 



48 adjutant-general's report. 

Lakin, Isaac, Groton. 

Melvin, Daniel, Concord. 

Melvin, Eleazer, " 

Eichardson, Timothy, Woburn. 

Spooney, Edward, Dunstable. 

Tobey, an Indian. 

Usher, Robert, Dunstable. 

"Whiting, Samuel, " 

"VVhiting, Isaac, Concord. 

Whiting, Zachariah, " * 

"Woods, Daniel, Groton. 

Woods, Thomas, " 

"Wyman, Seth, Woburn. 

The company started on their expedition on the 15tb of 
April, 1725, answering to the 26th of April, new style. 
When out but a short time, Tobey, the Indian, became 
lame, and was sent back. At Contoocook (now Boscawen), 
Wm. Cummings became lame from a wound by the enemy 
some time previous, and was sent home; his kinsman, 
Josiah Cummings, being sent back to assist him. On 
the west shore of Lake Ossipee, Benjamin Kidder 
being sick, they left him in the fort they had built, and 
with him, to care for and guard the fort, Sergt. Nathaniel 
Woods, Doctor William Ayer, John Gofie (a brother-in- 
law^ to Kidder), John Gilson, Isaac Whitney, Zachariah 
Whitney, Zebediah Austin, Edward Spooney, and Eben- 
ezer Halburt. The company was now^ reduced to thirty- 
four men, but these resolutely took to the wilderness in 
search of the foe. Their names should ever be remember- 
ed. They w^ere : 

Austin, Abial, Farwell, Josiah, 

Ayer, Ebenezer, Erye, Jonathan, 

Barron, Elias, Fullam, Jacob, 

Chamberlain, John, Gilson, Joseph, 

Davis, Eleazer, Harwood, John, 

Davis, Josiah, Hassel, Benjamin, 

Farrar, Jacob, Jefts, John, 

Farrar, Joseph, Johnson, Ichabod, 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 49 

Johnson, Josiah, Melvin, Eleazer, 

Johnson, Xoah, Robbins, Jonathan, 

Jones, Josiah, Richardson, Thomas, 

Kies, Solomon, Richardson, Timothy, 

Kittredge, Jonathan, Usher, Robert, 

Lakin, Isaac, Whiting, Samuel, 

Linglield, Edward, Woods, Daniel, 

Lovewell, John, Woods, Thomas, 

Melvin, Daniel, Wyman, Seth. 

On Satifrday, the 8th of May (19th New Style), the 
company fell into an ambush, on the north shore of a pond 
in what is now Frj'eburg, Me. A severe engagement en- 
sued, the Indians being, in greater numbers, and led by 
their noted chiefs, Paugus, and Wahowah or Hopehood. 
Our people held the field, but they had suffered terribly. 
Twelve were left upon the battle-field ; twelve were se- 
verely wounded, but able to leave the field ; nine only 
"received no considerable wounds," and one, Benjamin 
Hassel, escaped to the fort soon after the battle commenc- 
ed.* The twelve left upon the field of battle were John 
Lovewell, Jonathan Robbins, John Harwood, Robert 
Usher, Jacob FuUam, Jacob Farrar, Josiah Davis, Thomas 
Woods, Daniel Woods, John Jefts, Ichabod Johnson, and 
Jonathan Kittredge. The twelve who were severely wound- 
ed, but who left the field of battle, were Solomon Kies, 
Josiah Farwell, Jonathan Frye, ISToah Johnson, Timothy 
Richardson, Josiah Johnson, Samuel Whiting, Elias Bar- 
ron, John Chamberlain, Isaac Lakin, Eleazer Davis, and 
Josiah Jones. The nine who "received no considerable 
wounds," were Seth Wyman, Edward Lingfield, Thomas 
Richardson, the two Melvins, Ebenezer Ayer, Abial Aus- 
tin, Joseph Farrar, and Joseph Gilson. These left the 
field for the fort, but Lieut. Farwell, Frye the Chaplain, 

* Little or no blame is to be attached to Hassel. He was of Dunstable. 
His grandfather and grandmother, Joseph and Anna Hassel, were killed 
by the Indians at Dunstable, in 1691. After the first fire he became sep- 
arated from his companions, saw Capt. Lovewell and others fall, and think- 
ing they would all be cut off, he made directly for the fort. 

4 



50 adjutant-general's report. 

and Barron, perished in the wilderness. Upon arriving at 
the fort the wounded and exhausted men found it aban- 
doned, — the report of Hassel having led its inmates to 
make for the settlements. Sergeant Nathaniel Woods and 
party, with Hassel, came in to the settlements on the 11th 
of May. On the 13th, most of the party who left the bat- 
tle-field together, arrived at Dunstable ; on the 15th, 
Wyman and three others ; while the other survivors came 
in as their strength permitted — Davis wandering down to 
Berwick, and Jones following the river to Saco. Thus, of 
the thirty-four men who went into battle, but eighteen 
survived, and of these, most of them were wounded. 

Col. Tyng, of Dunstable, by order of Gov. Dummer, of 
Massachusetts, started with a company of men on the 17th 
of May, for the scene of the battle, in search of the en- 
emy, and to find and bury the dead. In the latter he was 
successful. Lt. Governor "Wentworth ordered out Capt. 
Chesley with a company of men for a like purpose ; but 
meeting with the trail of a party of Indians larger than 
their own, they went no farther than the fort at Ossipee 
lake, whence they returned forthwith to Cochecho (now 
Dover). 

The Indians were supposed to number about eighty, and 
suffered more severely than our people, as " it was report- 
ed believed " that more than half of the party were killed 
and wounded. Among their killed was their noted sa- 
chem, Paugus ; and it is believed that Wahowah suffered 
the same fate, as he was never heard from afterward. 
Sure it is, that this battle broke up the tribe at Pequau- 
quauke, and its remnants left for Canada. 

It was during the scout of this daring " Indian fighter " 
against the Indians of Pequauquauke, that the first fort was 
built in the interior of our State, by the English. One of 
his men, Benjamin Kidder, of Londonderry, falling sick, 
Lovewell halted and built a stockade fort on the west 
shore of Ossipee lake, for the accommodation of the sick 
man, and as a place of retreat in case of disaster, as before 
related. This same year the " Scotch Irish," from Lon- 
donderry, had a fort at East Concord, then known as 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 51 

"Penacook," for protection against the Indians, and to 
hold the Intervals against intruders.* 

The following season, a company was sent up from 
Massachusetts, and took possession of this " Irish fort," 
drove the " Irish " intruders from these intervals, which 
were claimed by that government as part of their territory, 
and which they had granted to their own people. The same 
year, the "first settlers of Penacook," from Andover, Ms., 
and vicinity, moved upon these intervals, and found the 
*' Irish Fort " read}^ for occupation and defense. From 
that day to this, the settlement and village at East Concord 
has been known as, and called, " The Fort." 

Yet, notwithstanding the neglect of the militia, the 
military spirit was rife in the Province, nursed bj^ this very 
system of bounties, and there was hardly a man in the 
Province, of forty years of age, but was an excellent shot, 
and prepared for active service, as he had seen more than 
twenty years of war. Forts, or "garrison houses," had 
been built by private individuals in all the main settle- 
ments, provided with "flankarts," and other defenses. 
These, in time of Indian depreciations, were garrisoned 
oftentimes by soldiers of the Province, but as often by the 
inhabitants themselves ; each man in the neighborhood 
taking his turn by day and night, of watching, or doing 
"guard duty." In 1684, by order of Cranfield, the meet- 
ing-houses in Portsmouth, Hampton, Exeter and Dover, 
were fortified and used as garrisons. Some of these "gar- 
rison houses," built at a later day by private individuals, 
are still standing, and are still in a state of good preser- 
vation.! 

* These " Scotch Irish " took possession of these intervals as early as 
1721, as in March, 1722, Capt. Joseph Frye, with a company of thirty 
men, from Andover, Ms., found them in possession, and wrote back for in- 
structions, — whether " to stay, or draw off." 

•J- The house occupied by John Woodman, Esq., of Durhr.m, was a 
"garrison house;" so was the house owned by Col. George Bowers, of 
Nashua ; the Abbot house, in Concord, now attached to the house for- 
merly owned by Dr. Chadbourne, as a barn, at the corner of Main and 
Montgomery streets ; the house at West Concord, formerly owned b}' Mr. 
Levi Hutchins ; the Colonel Clough house, in Canterbury, and others, 



52 adjutant-general's report. 

In 1727, upon the accession of George II, as appears by 
a list of the civil, ecclesiastical, and military officers who 
took the oaths of allegiance, &c., that the officers of the 
militia of the Province were as follows : 

Richard Jenness, Francis Mathes, 

John Downing, Nathaniel Fellows, 

John Sanborn, John Gofie. 
Ebenezer Stevens, 

There were many others, doubtless, in commission, but 
they had not taken the necessary oaths, and could not le- 
gally act under their commissions. 

In 1730, the Governor and Council, in their answers to 
the queries of the Lords of Trade, say : 

" 12. The militia are about eighteen hundred, consisting 
of two regiments of foot, with a troop of horse in each. 

13. There is one fort, or place of defense, called Fort 
William and Mary, situated on Great Island, in Newcastle, 
which commands the entrance of the Piscataqua River, 
but is in poor, low circumstances, much out of repair, and 
greatly wanting of stores of war, there not being one bar- 
rel of gun-powder at this time in or belonging to that 
garrison." 

Not a very effective defense for the only seaport in the 
Province ; but for twenty-five years last past, the attentiou 
of the people of the Province, as well as that of the Pro- 
vincial Government, had been engrossed by the Indian 
wars, and very little attention had been j)aid to Fort Wil- 
liam and Mary. The fort was suffered to remain without 
repairs for some years longer, and the militia of the Prov- 
ince was neglected ; for in 1739, a petition from Penning 
Wentworth, and other citizens of Portsmouth, to the King, 
represented that " their only Fort, at the entrance of the 
river, was quite useless and ruined," and " their militia 
neglected and destitute of proper arms." And a gentle- 
doubtless, of which we have no note. The Clongh house at Canterbury, 
was pulled down lately, and bullets were found " imbedded in the oaken 
walls, while others were found betwixt the walls and the wainscots. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 53 

man from Portsmouth, then in London, corroborated the 
statements of the petition, saying, " the Fort was in a 
most ruinous condition, without powder, and although 
there were forty good cannon, yet no pains were taken to 
mount them ; that the militia had no arms, and were not 
exercised above once in two years, and then only a small 
part of those who ought to bear arms." 

In 1741 the Province of I^ew-Hampshire was separated 
from Massachusetts, and Benniug Wentworth, of Ports- 
mouth, was appointed Governor. Under his administra- 
tion the Fort was repaired and supplied with stores, and 
the militia was restored and largely increased in numbers 
and efficiency. He had been one of the petitioners who 
had represented to the British Government the Fort in 
ruins and the militia in an inefficient state, and of course 
was bound to remedy their defects when he entered upon 
the administration of the government. Added to this, 
war was soon declared betwixt France and England, and 
attacks of the Indians- upon the eastern settlements soon 
followed. 

Early in 1744 the French and Indians opened the war 
upon the English in Nova-Scotia, and it soon extended to 
New-England. Scouts were kept out in New-Hampshire, 
and other preparations for defense were early made. Gov- 
ernor Wentworth made great exertions for the defense of 
the frontiers. As early as May 24, of this year, he order- 
ed Capt. Tibbets out upon a scout, with forty-one men. 
His roll was as follows : 



54 



adjutant-general's report. 



Muster-Eoll of the Company of Volunteers in His 3Iajesii/'s 
service, under the command of Ichabod Tibbets, by His Ex- 
cellency's special order, dated May 24, 1744. 





Station. 


Wages 


Wages 


Time of 




prMan. 


Received. 


Entry. 


Ichabod Tebbets, 


Captain. 


50 


19 3| 


May 25, 


Thomas Leigh ton, 


Lieutenant. 


35 


19 1 


" 25. 


Hatevil Leighton, 


Ensign. 


35 


17 6 


" 31. 


James Guppy, 


Sergeant. 


25 


14 3.V 


" 25. 


John Tebbets, 3d, 


" 


25 


14 3| 


" 28. 


Ichabod Hayes, 


Corporal. 


14 


12 e" 


» 31. 


John Drew, 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Eleazer Young (wounded), 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Benjamin Libby, 


u 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Thomas Ash, 


Sentinel. 


16 


14 3| 


" 25. 


Benjamin Merrow, 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


John Perkins, 


" 


16 


14 34 


" 26. 


Samual Tebbets, 


(( 


16 


14 3| 


" 26. 


Samuel Roberts, 


n 


16 


14 8l 


" 26. 


Aaron Roberts, 


it 


16 


14 8i 


" 26. 


Benjamin Roberts, 


(( 


16 


14 3| 


" 26. 


Solomon Clarke, 


(( 


16 


14 3i 


" 27. 


James Russell, 


" 


16 


14 3| 


" 27. 


Samuel Miller, 


Pilot. 


16 


14 Si 


" 28. 


John Gibson, 


" 


16 


14 3| 


" 28. 


Samuel Twombly, 


(( 


16 


14 3i 


" 28. 


Joseph Cromwell, 


" 


16 


14 3| 


" 29. 


Daniel Young, 


" 


16 


14 3| 


" 29. 


Stephen Hawkins, 


(C 


14 


12 6 


« 31. 


Benjamin Rarl, 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Paul Nute, 


4t 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Joseph Abbott, 


it 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Ebenezer Cook, 


il 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


John Forrest, 


<( 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


John Alley, 


(( 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Lemuel Drew, 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Solomon Tebbets, 


<t 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Daniel Goodwin, 


<( 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Samuel Roberts, 3d, 


a 


14 


12 6 


" 81. 


James Clements, 


a 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Ichabod Tebbets, Jr., 


a 


14 


12 6 


«' 31. 


Elipbalet Randle, 


'« 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Abijah Steven, 


" 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Robert Cole, 


(( 


14 


12 6 


'« 31. 


Timothy Roberts, of Rochester, 


t( 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


Laturine Ricker, 


(( 


14 


12 6 


" 31. 


^Nathaniel Ricker, 


(( 


14 


12 6 


» 31. 


Errors excepted, 


£2 


8 16 9J 










14 3^ 






£2 


9 11 1 






' 


I( 


3HAB0D T] 


:bbets. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



55 



Meantime the garrisons throughout the Province were 
guarded with vigilance. Canterbury was an extreme fron- 
tier town, and the garrison of Capt. Jeremiah Clough, at 
that place, was made a rendezvous for the Provincial 
troops, and a depot for provisions. A strong guard was 
usually kept at this place by the government during the 
Indian wars. Some of the muster-rolls of Capt. Clough 
have been preserved. We could wish that not only all of 
his rolls, but those of the other garrisons and scouts of 
that day, had been preserved. A force of twenty men 
was stationed at Canterbury, Contoocook, &c., under Capt. 
Clough, after June, 1744, as appears from the following roll : 

A Muster-Roll of twenty men under the command of Capt. 
Jeremiah Clough, at Canterbury, Contoocook, ^c, since the 
SQih of June last : 





Days. 


£ 


s. 


d. 


Jeremiah Clough, Captain, 


. 25 




11 


4 


Amos Leavett, Sei-g't, 


25 




2 


4 


Epbraim Morrell, 


. 25 




2 


4 


Jacob Stanyan, 


25 




2 


4 


John Sanborn, 


. 25 




2 


4 


John Blake, 


25 




2 


4 


Eooer Hooper, 


. 14 





12 


6 


Ezekiel True, 


14 





12 


6 


Nathaniel Hooper, 


. 14 





12 


6 


Elisha Eaton, 


14 





12 


G 


Joseph Norton, 


. 14 





12 


6 


Wade Stickney, 


14 





12 


6 


Nathaniel Weare, 


. 14 





12 


6 


John Swaine, 


14 





12 


6 


Nathaniel Rovve, 


. 14 





12 


6 


Edmund Brown, Clerk, 


14 


, 


12 


6 


James Lowell, 


. 14 





12 


6 


Josiah Sanborn, 


14 





12 


6 


Edward Williams, Serg't, 


. 14 
357 





12 


6 i 




£17 1 


10 




Deduct 




9 






£16 


12 


10 




Jeremiah 


Clough. 



56 adjutant-general's report. 

In House of Representatives, Xr 21, 1744. — Jerre 
Clough made oath that the above men were actually in his 
service the clays above mentioned. 

James Jeffry, Clerk Ass. 

province of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, March 8,1745: 

Voted, That the within muster-roll of Capt. Jeremiah 
Clough, amounting to sixteen pounds twelve shillings and 
ten pence, be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, out of 
the money raised by tax for payment of soldiers, &c. 

Henry Sherburne, Clerk. 
In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Concurred : Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

Eod'm Die- 
Assented to : B. "Wentworth. 

Capt. Clough had stationed at his Fort, in September, 
October, November and December, of the same year, six 
men, as appears from the following roll : 

Tlie 31uster-Roll of Cajpi. Jeremiah Clough, in scouting from 
Canterbury, at the heads of the towns, and keeping the Fort 
or Garrison for six men^from the 26ih of September, 1744, 
to the ISth of December, 1744 ; also, for victualing the same 
six men the same time, which is three months. 

"Wages. Provisions. 

£ s. d. £ s. d. 

Jeremiah Clough, Capt., at 35s. per mo., 5 5 3 3 

Philip Call, -25s. " 3 15 3 3 

Jeremiah Clough, Capt., at 35s. per mo., 5 5 3 3 

Philip Call, 25s. " 3 15 3 3 

David Copps, 25s. " 3 15 3 3 

James Gibson, 25s. " 3 15 3 3 

Jonathan Gile, 25s. " 3150 330 

Christo,* 25s. " 3 15 3 3 



. • 24 18 18 
Jeremiah Clough. 

* Christo was a friendly Indian. He had resided at Amoskeag (now 
Manchester), but being suspected of joining with his countrj-men in the 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 57 

In the House of Representatives, Dec. 21, 1744, : Jere- 
miah Clough made oath that the above were in actual ser- 
vice the days above mentioned, and that he supplied them 
with provisions the same time. 

James Jeffry, Clerk Assem. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, April the 9th, 1745 : 

Voted, That the within muster-roll of Capt. Jeremiah 
Clough be allowed, and that he be paid out of the money 
in the Treasurj- for that end, twenty-four pounds for wages, 
and eighteen pounds eighteen shilliugs, for victualing six 
men three months. 

H. Sherburne, Clerk. 
In Council, April 9, 1745. 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 
Eod'm Die- 
Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

battle of Pequauquauke, certain people from Haverhill and Dunstable 
came to Amoskeag, and not finding Christo at home, they burned his 
wigwam. Christo, after this outrage, became a wanderer, occasionally em- 
ployed by the government, and then again taking part with his country- 
men. After his discharge from this scout, he was employed fur a month 
by the government, and they paid his board and wages, as appears from 
the following bill : 

The Province of New-Hampshire, to Jeremiah Clough, Dr. — To keeping 
Christo, by order of the Captain General, thirty days, from the 19th of 
December to the 19th of January, 1745: 

£ s. d. 

To Billeting, at 3s. per day, 4 10 

To his wages, 6 7 



£9 17 
Jeremiah Clough. 
June 20, 174.5. *' Twentj'-two shillings and six pence for Vitteling of 
ye Indian named Christo, from ye 19th Dec. to ye 19th Jan'j'," were 
allowed by the Assembly', "and ye said Christo for his wages for sd time 
twenty-six shillings and nine pence." After this, Christo retired to St. 
Francis, and took part with the Indians in their depredations at Epsom and 
Canterburj-. He was alive in 1757, and probably died at St. Francis. 
His wigwam was upon a small brook upon the east side of the Merrimack 
just below the Falls of Amoskeag. 



58 adjutant-general's report. 

Anticipating attacks, the people went to their labors, in 
field and wood, not only armed, but with guards. Parties, 
cutting masts and other timber, in the wilderness, were 
often attacked, and generally went to their work under 
the protection of a guard furnished by the government. 
Here is the roll of such a guard or scout : 

Muster-Roil of a Scout to guard the mast-men, John Gage, 
Commander, June and July, 1744. 

Days. s. 

Ephraim Tibbetts, Sergeant, 26 at 35s. per month. 

at 25s. per month. 



John Hubbard, " 


26 


John Eoberts, 




Eiehard Plumer, 


24 


Daniel Plumer, 


26 


Joseph Hall, 


26 


John Mills, 


26 



£8 10s. 2d. 



Capt. Gage says, that Ephraim Tibbetts was sergeant one 
half the time, and John Hubbard the other half of the 
time. 

' PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, May ye 1, 1745. 
Ephraim Tibbetts, Jr., came into the House and made oath 
that he, with the other persons within named, w^ere the 
number of days carried off against each man's name. Sab- 
bath days excepted, by order of Capt. Gage, guarding 
Hanson and Varney while they were hauling masts. 

Henry Sherburne, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

House of Representatives, June 25, 1745 : 

Voted, That the within muster-roll, sworn toby Ephraim 
Tibbetts be allowed and paid out of the money in the 
public treasury, by tax last year, to defray the charges of 
the Government, amounting to eight pounds ten shillings 
and two pence. D. Peirce, Clerk. 



MILITARY HISTORY^r-1623 TO 1861. 



59 



Days. 


£ s. 


d. 


21 


1 4 





. 21 


18 


9 


21 


18 


9 


. 21 


18 


9 


21 


18 


9 


. 21 


18 


9 


21 


18 


9 


. 21 


18 


9 


21 


18 


9 


. 21 


18 


9 



June 26, 1745. In Council : Read and concurred : 

Theod. Atkinson, Sec'y. 
June 27, 1745. Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

Scouts were kept out through the Winter of 1744 and 
1745. Capt. Benjamin Mathes, among others, was sent 
out on a scout, Jan. 11, 1745. His muster-roll was as fol- 
lows : 

Benjamin Mathes, Commander, 
Joseph Wormwood, 
Gershom Mathes, . 
WilHam Emerson, 
Abraham Mathes, , 
James Thompson, 
Joseph Coleman, 
John Laighton, 
Keuben Heard, 
Samuel Bickford, 

£9 12 9 
Laighton, Heard and Bickford coming in the room of Benj. 
DanielS; Paul Willey and George Legoos, they not being able 
to march. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

May ye 5th, 1746. 
Then the within named Benjamin Mathes personally ap- 
peared, and upon his solemn oath, declared that the within 
muster-roll is true. 

Coram : Sam'l Smith, Justice of the Peace. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, July 8th, 1746. 

Voted : That there be allowed nine pounds twelve shillings 
and nine pence, in full of this muster-roll, to be paid out of 
ye money in ye Treasury for ye defense of ye Government. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council, July 8th, 1746. 

Read and approved : Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

In Council, July 10th, 1746. 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 



60 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Capt. Mathes and his scout were from "Oyster River" 
(now Durham), and probably were " scouting " up the 
western branches of the Piscataqua. The same month, 
Capt. John Chandler went on a scout at Penacook, and 
Capt. Jeremiah Clough went on a scout at Canterbury, as 
seen by the following rolls, presented by Col. Rolfe, of 
Penacook : 

31uster-Roll of a scout at Penacook and vicinity, under Capt. 
John Clough, in the Winter of 1745. 





Time of 


Time of 


Time of 


Wages. 




Entering 


Dismissing. 


Service. 


£ s. d. 


John Chandler, Captain, 


Jan. 21. 


Mar. 18. 


2 mos. 


3 10 


Jeremiah Shattuck, 




a 




2 10 


Joseph J]astman, 




(I 




2 10 


Nathaniel Rix, 




11 




2 10 


Joseph Ordway, 




a 




2 10 


Stephen Hoyt, 




a 




2 10 


Timothy Clements, 




(C 


<' 


2 10 


Jeremiah Stickney, 




(C 




2 10 


John Webster, 




Feb. 16. 


26 days. 


1 3 2J 


Christo, the Indian, 




Mar. 18. 


2 mos. 


2 10 


Jeremiah Stickney, 


Feb. 16. 


" 


30 days. 


1 6 9^ 



£26 00 



Muster-Roll of a scout at Canterbury and vicinity, under Capt. 
Jeremiah Clough, in the Winter of 1745. 



Time of 

Enlistinsr. 



Jeremiah Clough, Captain, 
Josiah Miles, 
John Gibson, 
Philip Call, 
Thomas Danfoi'th, 
Jonathan Guile, 



Total, 



Jan. 21. 



Time of 
Dismissing. 


Time of 
Service. 


Mar. 18. 


2 


mos. 


C( 






a 






(C 






u 







Wages. 
£ s. d. 



For subsisting the soldiers, at bs. 4f (Z. per week, 



For 169 lbs. Powder, 32 lbs. Bullets, 



10 
10 



2 10 
2 10 
2 10 
2 10 



£16 


00 





£42 


00 





33 


12 





£75 


12 





4 00 



£79 12 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 61 

For allowance for my time, trouble and expense for 
enlisting said soldiers, and journey to Portsmouth 
to make up this muster-roll, and having the care 
of the scout, giving orders, &c., as the Honorable 
Court thinks fit. 

The foregoing is a muster-roll of two scouts of soldiers, 
employed in His Majesty's service in scouting on the 
frontier, agreeably to Governor Wentworth's order of the 
20th of Dec'r last. Benjamin IIolfe.* 

Portsmouth, April the 30, 1745. 

In the Fall of 1744, the plan was started by Maj. Wil- 
liam Vaughan, of Portsmouth, of taking the strong for- 
tress of Louisburg. Govs. Shirley and Wentworth became 
deeply interested in the matter, and, during the Winter of 
1744-5, the plan of attack and siege was matured, and the 
expedition set sail early in March for Canseau, the place 
of rendezvous. Louisburg was the stronghold of the 
French at the eastward, from whence expeditions by sea 
and land were fitted out against the British colonies ; and 
it was determined to take this fortress, and thus deprive 
the French of the ke}' to her possessions in America. 
The conception, as before stated, and in a great measure 
the execution of the plan, is due to Maj. William Vaughan, 
of Portsmouth. New-Hampshire furnished for the ex- 
pedition five hundred men, one eighth part of the land 
force employed upon the occasion. Three hundred and fifty 
of these men were formed into seven companies, as a regi- 
ment under the command of Col. Samuel Moore. f The 

* Mr. Rolfe was of Penacook (now Concord). He graduated in 1727, 
at Harvard College ; married Sarah, daughter of Eev. Timothy Walker, 
and died in 1771. His widow married the afterward celebrated Benjamin 
Thompson, Count of Rumford. 

■j- Col. Samuel Moore was of Portsmouth. He was a ship master by pro- 
fession, and distinguished as such. He probably was connected with the 
Peirce family, which accounts for his appointment (as such appointments 
then went by family influence), and for his being of the number of the 
Masonian Proprietors. He was one of the grantees of New-Breton (now 
Andover). Very little is known of him. If it be correct, as above sug- 
gested, that he was connected with the Peirce family, he probably mar- 
ried Mary Peirce, daughter of Joshua Peirce, another " Masonian Pro- 
prietor." 



62 adjutant-general's report. 

remainder were attached to a Massachusetts regiment. In 
addition to these troops, this Province furnished an armed 
sloop, with thirty men, under the coramaud of Capt. John 
Fernald. These troops, both land and naval, performed 
the most signal services. A detachment of the New- 
Ilampsbire troops, under the intrepid Yaughan, gained 
the first most important success — that of destro3'iug the 
warehouses of the enemy, containing the naval stores, and 
taking " the royal battery." They were troops from this 
Province, which for fourteen nights were engaged in drag- 
ging the cannon over a deep morass betwixt the landing 
place and camp ; " a labor beyond the power of oxen," and 
without which the expedition must have proved a failure, as 
the ground was under the fire of the enemy's guns, and the 
cannon could have been moved and placed in position in 
no other way. 

And there were two companies from New-Hampshire, 
which volunteered and performed the arduous and dan- 
gerous service of building " a battery on Light House 
Cliff",'' that commanded the important " island battery" 
of the enemy. And the services of the sloop were equally 
important, as she captured a French merchant ship from 
Martinico, retook a transport that had been captured by 
the French the day previous, covered a detachment that 
destroyed the French village of St. Peters, and performed 
the same important and hazardous duty for the two com- 
panies of New-Hampshire troops, under Capts. Mason and 
Fernald, which, as before related, erected the battery on 
Light House Cliif. 

Louisburg capitulated on the 17th of June, 1745, and 
" the Dunkirk of America " passed into the hands of the 
British Government. This event was hailed with delight 
throughout the colonies. The Assembly of New-Hamp- 
shire was in session when Gov. Wentworth received, by 
express, the news "of the surrender of Louisburg, from 
Lieut. General Pepperell. They immediately took action 
upon the subject, thus : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 63 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Jul}' 5, 1745. 

Whereas, His Excellency, by express, has this morning 
received advice from Lieut. General Pepperell and Col. 
Moore, of the surrender of Louisburg to the obedience of 
His Brittanic Majesty, our most gracious sovereign, &c., 
which letters have been laid before this House : To show 
how much the reduction of this place has been at heart, 
and our joy at the reduction thereof — 

Voted, That there be paid, with His Excellency's order, 
out of the money in the public treasury for the use of the 
expedition, twenty -five pounds, to make such public en- 
tertainment in the town of Portsmouth and at His Maj- 
esty's Fort William and Mary, as he shall think proper on 
this occasion. " D. Peirce, Clerk. 

In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : Theod'e Atkinson, Sec'y. 

July 6, 1745. 

Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

Jlie Holt of the New-Hampshire Regiment was as follows : viz.y 

muster-roll of colonel moore's regiment. 

Louisburg, 20th November, 1745. 
Colonel Moore's Company. 
Samuel Moore, Colonel, John Atkinson, 

John Flagg, Lieutenant, Doctor Jos. Peirce, 
Nath'l Rite White, Serg't, Doctor James Wood, 
John Blake, Corporal, Wm. Earl Treadwell, 

Abner Sanborn, Adam Black, 

James Marston, (sick) John Barker, 

Wm. Marston, Wm. Rand, 

Jabez Towle, John Wilson, 

Wm. Hughes, John Fickett, 

David Moulton, John Hodgsdon, 

Benj. Dalton, Thomas Haley, 

John Perry, (sick) Noah Bradden, 

John Dunkin, Wm. Studley, (sick) 

Wm. Vittem, Wm. Spriggs, 



64 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



John Fla£:g, Jun., 
Richard Hall, 
Richard Forham, 
John Turner, 
John Hall, 
Israel Hodgsdon, 
Davis Godding, 
Jona. Huntress, 
Abner Hunt, 
Samuel Tobey, 



Isaac Brown, 
John Green, 
John Loggin, 
Alexander Thompson, 
George Perkins, 
Jeremy Lary, 
David Gordon, 
Thomas Jones, 
Joseph Kenniston, 
"Paxham Peirce. 



Captain Fellows' Company. 

Nath. Fellows, Lieut., Moses Ware, (sick) 

Thomas Newmarsh, Ensign, Isaac Roberts, 
"^ Ezekiel Pitman, Jr., Ensign, Jona. Dam, 
Richard Bruster, (sick) Richard Furber, 

Richard Fitzgerald, 



John Cooper, 
Solomon Read, 
Edward Sherburne, 
Thos. Bott, Sergeant, 
Abraham Elliot, 
John Stevens, 
Joseph Downing, 
Abraham Senter, 
Thomas Dun, (sick) 
John Hooper, 
James Wherrin, 
John Woodham, 
Roger McMahone, 



Isaac Wherrin, 
Edward Moore, Sergeant, 
Pitman Coldbath, 
John Foy, 

Cttpiain Light's Company. 



John Welch, 
Richard Knight, 
Wm. Randall, 
John Pinkham, 
Jethro Bickford, 
Thomas Johnson, 
Stephen Rawlings, 
Christopher Huntress, 
Jotham Horn, 
Joseph Coldbath, 
Andrew Morgan, 
Sam'l Thompson, 
Archibald Walles, 
Jonathan Boothby, 
Thomas Chxridge, 
Samuel Rawlings, 
Benj. Coldbath. 



John Light, Captain, 
Joshua Winslow, Lieut., 
Jeremiah Veasey, Ensign, 



Joseph Philbrick, 
Caleb Brown, (sick) 
Jonas Ward, 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



65 



Josepli Ackers, (sick) 
Thomas Laiy, 
Joseph Atkinson, 
Moses Flanders, 
Joseph Judkins, 
John Edgerly, 
Clement Moody, 
James Marsh, 
Amos Dolloffs, (sick) 
Jack Covey, 
Joseph Dudley, 
Joseph Giles, 
Moses Ferrin, 
Samuel Scribner, 
Samuel Sinkler, 
Wra. Morey, 
Thomas Watson, 
John Severans, 
Eliphalet Quirnby, 
John Wells, 
John Brown, 



James Gloyd, 
Ebenezer Sinkler, 
Abram Stockbridge, 
James Gilman, 
David Dolloff, 
Joseph Folsom, 
Josiah Sanborn, (sick) 
Jonas Addison, 
Robert Gorden, 
William Prescott, 
John Gibson, 
John Forrest, 
Nathaniel Lampson, 
William Fifield, 
Moses Lougee, 
Joseph Dudley, 
Benj. Robinson, 
Daniel Kelley, (sick) 
James Gordon, 
George Creighton. 



Captain Sherburne's Company. 



Jos. Sherburne, Capt. (sick) 
Henry Montgomery, Lieut. 
Eben Wright, Ensign, 
John Cotton, Sergeant, 
William Thompson, Sergt. 
John Boardman, 
Growth Palmer, 
Warren Stockbridge, 
Jonathan Ambrose, 
Samuel Sims, 
Valentine Aylmer, 
Abner Cass, 
Joseph Young, 
Daniel Welch, 
Satchel Rundlet, 
5 



Robert Kennedy, 
Samuel Miller, 
John MciTeil, 
John Adams, 
John Carter, 
John McLaughland, 
James MacLeneehan, 
James Thompson, 
Adam Gait, 
Andrew Logan, 
James MclS'eil, 
Patrick Gait, 
John Miller, 
Robert Cunuino^ham. 



66 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Co-piain PrescoWs Company. 
Jonathan Prescott, Captain, Charles Dow, 

(Gonehome on furlough.) John Hutchius, 

Ezekiel Worthen, Ensign, Daniel Ward, 
Simon Moulton, 



David Page, 
BenJ. Tilton, 
William Swain, 
Joseph Prescot, 
John Chapman, 
Thomas Lock, 
Kathan Dow, 
Daniel Rowe, 
Ephraim Stevens, 
Eben Gove, 
Nathan Powe, 
John Fellows, 
William Clifford, 
James Lovell, 
Joseph Gove, 
John Prescot, 
Robert Rowe, 

Captain Hale's Company. 

Samuel Hale, Captain, Richard Kenny, 

Benja. Libbey, 



Sam'l Blake, 
Joseph Weare, (sick) 
Thomas Moulton, 
Jona. Choate, (sick) 

---Moses Davis, " 
Joseph Weed, " 
John Ealet, 

--yjTona. Kimball, Hj^, 
Enoch Chase, 
Thomas Chalis, 
Paul Pressey, 
Thos. Gimpson, 
Joseph George, 
Caleb Norton, 
Sam'l Eastman, 
Robert Sweet, 
William Davis. 



Sam'l Heard, 
Joseph Giles, 
Reuben Gray, 
Jacob Hassam, (sick) 
Daniel Libbey, 
Richard Harris, 
Stephen Evans, 
John Ferre, 
Nicho. Grace, 
John Smith, 
Jo si ah Clark, 
Thomas Roberts, 
Nath'l Perkins, 
Joseph Berry, 



David Kincaid, 
Ichabod Hill, 
Benj. Stanton, 
William Kenniston, 
Stephen Clark, 
John Folsom, 
William Durgin, 
James Gorman, 
Edward Bean, 
Nath'l Bean, 
Marston Samborn, 
Edward Fox, 
James Critchet, 
Sam'l Richardson, 
Benja. Bunker. 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 




67 


Captain Williams' Company. 






Edward "Williams, Captain, 


James Taylor, 






Edmund Brown, Ensign, 


Benja 


l! Shaw, 






Robert Calfe, Serg't, (sick) 


John 


French, 






Nath'l Weare, 


David Lowell, 






Jon a. Bond, 


Eben 


Samborn, 






Peter Ingalls, 


Timo 


. Blake, 






Enoch Rowell, 


Daniel Cram, 






Nason Cass, 


John 


Elest, 






John Marston, 


John 


Samborn. 






Col. Moore's Company, 48 i 


men, 


sick. 


.3 


Capt. Fellows' " 


43 


(( 


(( 


3 


Capt. Light's " 


47 


(( 


<( 


5 


Capt. Sherburn's" 


29 


(( 


ii 


1 


Capt. Prescott's *' 


40 


a 


ii 


4 


Capt. Hale's 


32 


u 


a 


1 


Capt. Williams' " 


18 

257 


u 


i< 


1 

18 sick 


In the Massachusetts pay, 


51 




men in ye 











Reg't. 



In New-Hampshire pay, 208 

Louisburg, Xov. 20, 1745. 

Sam'l Moore, Colonel. 

Benja. Bunker and George Creighton, who were gone 
home on furlough, are now returned."* 

In addition to the regular officers of this regiment, there 
were supernumerary officers attached to it, who had no 
special command, but were a sort of cadets, seeking ad- 
venture, and ready for any hazardous enterprise. Some of 
these did duty in the garrison after its surrender, and 
might have had a command, but if so, their rolls have 
been lost. If the Commander-in-Chief had any hazardous 

*This roll, and one that follows of the officers attached to Col. Moore's 
regiment, are copied from the originals in the " Pepperell papers," be- 
longing to the Historical Society of Massachusetts, and well preserved in 
its library. The writer would here acknowledge his indebtedness to that 
Society for permission to copy the same, through the polite accommoda- 
tion of its learned and accomplished President, Hon. Robert. C. Winthrop. 



68 adjutaxt-gexeral's report. 

duty to perform, instead of ordering a detachment for that 
object, he made known his purpose to his officers, and 
some one of them would volunteer to perform the service, 
" start a subscription paper," to be signed by those who 
would join the prop(5sed expedition, or " beat up for vol- 
unteers."* In this wise. Captain .John Tufton Mason, 
who had no command in Col. Moore's regiment, led a 
volunteer company from the regiment in the hazardous 
enterprise of erecting a battery on " the Light House 
Cliff," whilst Captain John Fernald,t who commanded 
the armed sloop, and had no command in the regiment, 
led the second company. In like manner, also, Lt. Colonel 
William Yaughan,| of Portsmouth, who held a commis- 
sion under Alassachusetts, but had no command, led 
the detachment of volunteers from the jSTew-Harapshire 
troops, which took and held "the Royal Battery," the first 
daring and successful enterprise of " the siege of Louis- 
burg." It will readily be seen from the roll "of all the 
officers in, or attached to, the New-Hampshire regiment," 
which follows, that those officers " attached to the regi- 
ment." were much more numerous than those "in the 
regiment." 

*Some of these "subscription papers" are on file among the Pcpperell 
papers in the library of the Historical Society of Massachusetts. 

f John Fern aid was a descHndant of Doctor Renald Fernald, one of the 
colonists who settled at Piscataqua, in 1G33, under the patronage of Capt. 
John Mason. 

J William Vaughan, the son of Lieut. Governor George Vaughan, was 
born in Portsmouth, Sept. 12, 1703, and graduated at Harvard College in 
1722. He possessed the persistent determination of his father. He carried 
on the fisheries on the eastern coast, having a settlement at Damariscotta, 
a fishing station at Montinicus. The Prench interfered with his business, 
and hence his activity in the Louisburg expedition. He conceived the 
possibility of taking that fortress, broached the subject to Wentworth and 
Shirley, and by his perseverance got them enlisted in the enterprise. 
Having his business in Maine, he had a commission from Massachusetts, 
which owned that Province. Fighting bravely during the siege of Louis- 
burg, upon its fall he repaired to England to get some recompense for his 
services, and died in London " about the middle of December, 1746,'' 
having been nearly a year in that city pressing his claims, but without 
success. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



69 



" The followino^ roll contains the names of all the officers 
in, or attached to, the Xew-IIampshire regiment: 

A List of Officers in the late Regiment of Foot, raised in New- 
Hampshire, whereof Samuel ]Moore, Fsq., loas Colonel, 
employed in the reduction of Louisburg and the Territories 
thereon depending, to the obedience of the King of Great 
Britain, vjith such others as were afterward commissioned, 
and assisted in garrisoning the same, until relieved by His 
Majesty's British troops, with an Account of their Rank and 
the Pay received in New-England. 



OFFICERS' NAMES. 


5" 


Time of En- 
trance into 
the Service. 


When 
discharg'd. 


Whole time 
in the Ser- 
vice. 


c 

If 


P- OS o 






1744. 1 1746. mos. ds. 


£ s. 


£ s. d. 


Samuel Moore, 


Colonel, 


Feb. 12 18 3 


12 


217 4 


Nathaniel Meserve,* 


2d Col., 


" 13 Nov. 11 9 14 


10 


96 10 


Ezekiel Oilman, 


Major, 


" " " " 9 14 


8 10! 82 5 4 


John Tufton Mason, f 


Captain, 


" " July 31 6 4 


4 10 27 


William Seaward, 


" 


" " 


Nov. 10 


9 18 


4 10 


43 7 10 



* Col. Nathaniel Meserve was of Portsmouth, and a shipwright by traxie. 
He was successful in his business, and amassed a handsome prooert}'. In 
his capacity as Lieut. Colonel in this expedition, his mechanical skill an- 
swered a good purpose. He ordered and superintended the construction of 
drags, or sledges, on which he hauled the cannon and mortars over an 
otherwise impassable morass, — thus rendering them available against the 
strong fortress, — without which skill and labor the siege would have been 
a failure. In 1749 he built the America for the British government, 
doubtless the first ship of the line built in America. He was Colonel of 
the New-Hampshire troops engaged in the expedition against Crown 
Point, having the command at Fort Edward, which he gallantly de- 
fended. In 1758 he again was in command of the New-Hampshire Regi- 
ment, and went with the battalion that was ordered to join the second 
expedition against Louisburg. He had more than one hundred carpen- 
ters attached to his command. The small pox broke out among them, and 
all but sixteen died. Col. Meserve and his eldest son, Lieut. Nathaniel 
Meserve, Jr., fell victims to this loathsome disease. 

I John Tufton Mason was of Portsmouth, and a descendant of Capt. John 
Mason, the original proprietor of the Province. The Mason title had 
been sold years previous, but the Massachusetts politicians started up John 
Tufton as the heir to the Mason lands, on account of some alleged illegal 
proceedings in passing the title. Capt. Mason sold his title in 1746, to 
twelve gentlemen of Portsmouth and vicinity, for fifteen hundred pounds 
currenc3'. These gentlemen were known subsequently as " the Masonian 
Proprietors." 



70 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



OFFICERS' NAMES. 


s 


C 4, 

a, o 


u 

2 


^-3 

r- <U 


-i 2 


1 
> 




t = rt 
Iff So 






1744. 


1746. 




mo. 


da. 


£ s. 


£ s. d. 


John Furnel, 


Captain, 


Feb. 


13 


Nov. 


11 


9 


19 


4 10 


43 11 


Henry Sherburne, 


" 


" 


" 


June 


28 


4 


21 


4 10 


21 7 6 






1745. 














Joseph Sherburne, 


" 


June 


6 


" 


30 


12 


24 


4 10 


62 10 4 


Daniel Ladd, 


" 


Feb. 


13 


Sept. 


4 


7 


7 


4 10 


32 12 6 


Samuel Hale, 


ii 


" 


" lOct. 


1(3 


8 


22 


4 10 


33 10 3 


Samuel Hale,* 


Major, 


Oct. 


17 


July 


15 


9 


20 


8 10 


82 11 5 


Jacob Tilton, 


Captain, 


Mar 


1 


Nov. 


11 


9 


20 


4 10 


43 14 3 


Edward Williams, 


" 


" 


2 


Feb'y 


16 


13 


5 


4 10 


59 6 


John Wise, 


" 


Apr. 


15 














James Whidden, 


(( 


Feb. 


13 


Nov. 


10 


9 


18 


4 10 


43 7 10 


Thos. W. Waklron, 


i( 


'< 


" 


Sept. 


6 


7 


9 


4 10 


32 18 6 


Trueworthy Dudley, 


" 


" 


«' 


July 


21 


6 




4 10 


27 


John Hart, 


Lieut., 


" 


" 




31 


6 




3 


18 


Samuel Lovet, 


" 


'< 


" 


Sept. 


6 


7 


9 


3 


22 


Samuel AVhite, 


(1 


a 


" Oct. 


9 


8 


14 


3 


25 10 


John Flay;g, 


<( 


(1 


«' 


Sept. 


SO 


8 


5 


3 00 


24 10 8| 


John Flagg, 


Captain, 


(( 


(( 












27 17 1 


Eliphalet .Daniels, 


Lieut., 


" 


" 


July 


81 


6 




3 


18 


Zechariah Foss, 


" 


" 


(( 


Nov. 


14 


9 


22 






Jere. Wheelwright, 


" 


u 


(( 


Sept. 


22 


7 


25 


3 


23 13 6 


James Dudley, 


«' 


" 


(1 


Aug. 


7 


6 


7 


3 


18 15 


Moses Wingate, 


" 


u. 


<t 


Sept. 


30 


8 


6 


3 


24 12 10 


Richard Maloon, 


<t 


" 


" 


Nov. 


11 


9 


20 


3 


29 3 11 


Samuel Eobie, 


(( 


" 


" 


Sept. 


30 


8 


6 


3 


24 12 10 


Samuel C^onner, 


(( 


>1 


(( 


July 


31 


6 




3 


18 


Thomas Tufts, 


Ens. & A. Q. M. 


(C 


«( 


Sept. 


6 


7 


9 


2 


14 13 6 


Thomas Nevvmarch, 


Ensign, 


<( 


(t 


" 


30 


8 


5 


2 


16 17 2 


Thomas Newmarch, 


Lieut., 


Oct. 


5' June 


20 


9 


11 


3 


28 3 7 


Daniel Wormall, 


Ensign, 


Feb. 


ISliNov. • 


11 


9 


19 


2 


19 7 5 


^pEzekiel Pitman, 


»> 


" 


" 


" 


10 


9 


17 


2 


19 4 6 


Christopher Huntress, 


(1 


(( 


" 


July 


31 


6 




2 


12 


Edward Brooks, 


a 


i< 


i- 


" 


" 


6 




3 


18 


Thomas Pickerin, 


" 


<< 


" 


Aug. 


7 


6 


7 


2 


12 10 


Joseph Sleeper, 


" 


" 


" 


Sept. 


22 


7 


25 


2 


15 10 6 


Clement Ham, 


(( 


" 


u 


11 


30 


8 


6 


2 


16 8 7 


Robert Perkins, 


" 


(( 


" 


July 


31 


6 


1 


2 10 


12 1 5 


Edmund Brown, 


" 


(( 


" 


Sept. 


30 


8 


6 


2 


16 8 7 


Edmund Brown, 


Lieut., 


Oct. 


1 


July 


1 


9 


22 




36 12 11 



* Samuel Halo was born in Newbury, Mass., in 1718, and graduated at 
Harvard College in 1740. He removed to Portsmouth soon after, and be- 
came a teacher. He engaged in the Louisburg expedition as a Captain in 
Col Moore's Regiment, and was made Major of the same, Oct. 7, 1745. 
After his return he became the instructor of the Latin grammar school in 
Portsmouth, and continued as such for near forty years, distinguished for 
discipline and aptness as a teacher. For bis services he was rewarded by 
the grant of the town of Weare, which for a long time was known as 
Halestown. He was Representative and Judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas for Rockingham, and died July 7, 1807, in the 89th year of his age. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



71 






OFFICKBS' NAMES. 



BECRUIT8. 

George Jleserve, 
John Light, 
Jonathan Prescut, 
John Ladd, 
Daniel jMcGregor, 
Nathaniel Fellows, 
Nathaniel Fellows, 
Joshua Winslow, 
Wni. Earl Treadwell. 
Ezekiel Worth en, 
Ezekiel Worthen, 
Jeremiah Veasey, 
Jeremiah Yeasey, 
Benjamin Bunker, 
John Loggin, 
Josiah Philbrick, 
^. John Flagg, Jr., 
/V Ezekiel Pitman, Jr., 
Joseph Weare, 
Henry Montgomery, 
Nath'l Meserve, Jr., 
Jonathan Folsom, 
Bradbury Green, 
Moses Sleeper, 
Jaeob Morrill, 
Abraham Trefethen, 
Jonathan Gilman, 
Philip Yetton, 

STAFF OFFICERS. 

Samuel Langdon,* 
Joseph Pierce, Esq.,| 
Nathaniel Sargent, 
James Wood, 
Alexander Clark, 



Captain, 



Lieut., 

Ca[)tain, 
Lieut., 

Ensign, 
Lieut., 
En. sign, 
Lieut., 
Ensisn, 



Lieut., 



Ensign, 
Captain, 
Lieut., 
Ensi^rn, 



Chapl'n, 
Ch'fSur. 
Surgeon, 
Sur.Mate 
Surgeon, 



.5 « 



2.3 



174-1 

June 20 

" 1 



■■' 20 

Oct. ] 
Sept. 30 
Aug. 9 
June 17 
Oct. 1 
June 17 
Oct. 1 
Aug. 10 
July IG 
Oct. 1 
July 9 
June 20 
Aug. 11 
June 20 
Aug. 
June ,17 



C bo 



Mar. 18 
*' 16 
" 20 
" 18 

Oct. 17 



1746. 

Nov. 11 

June 20 

April 12 

Nov. 10 

Sept. 30 

June 20 

17 

i< It 

Sept. 30 

June 20 

Sept. 30 

June 20 

June 1 

" 20 

June 20 

June 20 
Deceased. 

Nov. 11 

Jan'y 20 

Sept. 3 



mo. da. 
5 4 

Dec'd. 
5 7 



Nov. 



Feb'y 5 
June 16 






9 8 
9 11 



3 19 
Dec'd. 
2 23 
2 26 
5 17 



4 15 

11 20 

6 10 



^^ 



&:§!? 



s. £ s. d. 

lo! 23 3 



4 10 

3 

3 

2 

3 

2 

2 17 



10 



4 
12 
18 

5 

17 
17 

7 

3 
11 

3 

9 

9 
15 o 

9 4 



2 6 

15 4 

7 3 
10 

17 11 

9 4 

6 5 
10 



27 5 

245 5 

57 2 

71 8 

103 17 



* Rev. Dr. Samuel Langdon was born in Boston, in 1722, and graduated 
at Harvard College in 1740. He went to Portsmouth as teacher of the 
Grammar school. Governor Wentworth appointed him chaplain of Col. 
Moore's regiment. Soon after his return from Louisburg he was invited 
to preach as assistant to Pvev. Mr. Felch, at the North Parish of Ports- 
mouth, and was settled as his successor, in 1747. In 1774 he was elected 
President of Harvard College ; resigned in 1780, and was settled in the 
ministry at Hampton-Falls, where he died. 

f Dr. Joseph Pierce was a native of Portsmouth. He was a noted phy- 
sician, and Gov. Wentworth appointed him chief surgeon of the expedi- 
tion, against the wishes of the Assembly, which had appointed two others 
as surgeons. Dr. Pierce returned to his practice, when he was seized with 
the small-pox, and died in January, 1748. 



72 



adjutant-general's heport. 



OFFICERS' NAMES. 


3 


t« •- ■> 
.= § 2 




a a; 


1 s 


Whole 
amount of 
Wages. 


John Eyre, 
Edmund Brown, 
Wm. Earl Tread well, 
Jacob Sbeafe,** 
Solomon Pinkham, 


Adj't, 
Comm'y, 
Armorer, 


174<1. 
Feb. 13 

Feb. 13 
Oct. 5 
Feb. 13 


1746. 
Nov. 11 

Dec. 2 
June 20 
July 31 


mo. da. 
9 18 

9 7 
6 


£ s. 
8 


£ s. d. 
29 1 8| 

31 5 1 
63 7 6 
13 10 



After the fall of Louisburg, and the troops had comfort- 
able quarters in the garrison, a series of storms commenc- 
ed, and the troops suifered from sickness. Of 1045 men 
all told, in the garrison, 706 were returned as sick. The 
New-Hampshire regiment escaped wonderfully, as seen by 
the following return : 

A Return of the Commission Officers, Non-commission Officers^ 
and Private Men, now in the Garrison, Louisburg, Decem- 
ber 7, 1745 : 

In Colonel Moore's [Regiment). 
6 Captains, 6 Drummers, 

2 Lieutenants, 180 Privates, 

6 Ensigns, 23 sick, 

23 Sergeants, 

12 Corporals, 258 

It is to be regretted that so little care was taken to pre- 
serve the documents connected with this and other expe- 
dition, in which the soldiers of this Province took a prom- 
inent part in its early history. But, considering the un- 
settled political state of the Province, at first divided into 

* Jacob Sheafe was the son of the Hon. Sampson Sheafe, and was 
born at Newcastle in 1715. He settled in Portsmouth, and became dis- 
tinguished as a merchant. Gov. Wentworth appointed him Commissary 
of the New-Hampshire Kegiment at Louisburg, to succeed Treadwell, 
■who had given general dissatisfaction. He was the father of Hon. James 
Sheafe, U. S. Senator from this State, Jacob Sheafe, Jr., a distinguished 
merchant of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Cushing, widow of the late Charles 
Gushing, Esq., who resides at Little Harbor, with her family, at the ro- 
mantic seat of the Wentworths, ever ready to show to respectable visit- 
ors the premises so replete with romantic interest. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 18G1. 73 

plantations, each under a factor or governor; then divided 
into " combinations," nearly forty years governed by Mas- 
sachusetts; anon separated from that government, and 
under a President for a year ; then ruled by a Governor 
sent over by the King ; afterward by a Governor-General ; 
again under Massachusetts; her records seized and carried 
into Maine ; those thought to be unfavorable to the " do- 
ings" and claims of Massachusetts, seized and carried 
away or burned ; it perhaps is more surprising that the 
earl}' records of this Province are, so many of them, pre- 
served, than that many of them are lost. There can be 
no excuse, however, for downright carelessness and neg- 
lect. To these must be attributed the loss of many of the 
papers relating to the expedition of Louisburg. AVe look 
in vain among the records for its history ; in consequence, 
the historian has to grope his way among the labyrinths 
of collateral writings, to meet, perhaps, with inaccuracies 
and errors which he is unable to correct. 

Thus, Dr. Belknap states that Col. Moore's regiment 
consisted of eight companies, when the return of his reg- 
iment, over his own signature, shows but seven companies. 
Had we all the rolls, we might arrive at the facts. It is 
probable that Belknap is correct. He doubtless had a 
muster roll of Col. Moore' regiment that contained, as one 
of the eight companies, the roll of the officers and men 
comprising the reenforcement of " 115 men" that were 
raised in New-Hampshire, and arrived soon after the sur- 
render of the fortress. Other discrepancies occur. 

The commissary of the regiment became unpopular, for 
certain alleged reasons. In jSTovember, 1745, a complaint 
was preferred against him to the Assembly of E'ew-Hamp- 
shire, as follows : namely, 

" To the Honorable General Assembly of His Majesty's Prov- 
ince of New- Hampshire : the Memorial of the Subscribers 
humbly sheweth : 

" That we, having had the honor to be commissioned offi- 
cers in the late expedition against Louisburg, and, through 
the divine goodness, beins; returned, we esteem ourselves 



74 adjutant-geneeal's report. 

bound ill conscience, for the sake of our dear fellow-sol- 
diers who are left behind, to let you know that there was 
a general cry of injustice and oppression against our Com- 
missary throughout the regiment, during the greater part 
of the siege ; and that, beside the great uneasiness oc- 
casioned by the soldiers being denied their just allowance, 
the discontent was incrAised and aggravated by an un- 
compassionate refusal of necessaries* to the sick, such as 
butter, flour and fresh meat, to make broth of, which we 
have been informed was generously granted by the Hon- 
orable Court, and plentifully provided by the Committee 
of War, while he himself fared sumptuously every day, 
and for the most part free from toil, and out of the reach 
of danger. 

" As to the particulars of his dreadful management, if the 
Honorable Court will be pleased to appoint a committee to 
inquire into them, and fix a time for it, and give public 
notice thereof, we presume they will soon be encompassed 
about with a cloud of witnesses, who will fully evince, not 
only that there was a just ground for the general discon- 
tent and uneasiness, but that his tender mercies were cru- 
elty. As many of the soldiers yet remaining at Louis- 
burg were enlisted into the companies whereof we were 
officers, we think ourselves more especially obliged, for 
that reason, to do our utmost for their ease, comfort and 
relief from oppression. 

""We address this to your Honors as patrons of the peo- 
ple, and guardians of their rights, properties and privi- 
leges, for your wise consideration, that you may, if you 
think proper, apply to His Excellency to recall him from 
bis command ; and, more especially, that he may be re- 
moved from his commissaryship, that the voice of fraud, 
injustice and oppression may no more be heard in our 
regiment. 

"Be pleased to give us leave further to say, the soldiers 
who went first to Cape Breton were not only volunteers, 
but have proved themselves gallant and brave to the last 
degree; that they endured hazard and hardships with in- 
trepidity, when almost naked and quite lousie, without 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 75 

flinching from shot or shell, and being upon duty twenty- 
four hours at a time (in turns) without one morsel of meat, 
or one drop of spirits while on duty (and nothing better 
to drink than ill tasted, purging water) during the greater 
part of the siege. Once more give us leave to speak, and 
let us ask whether such men as these men — perhaps as 
brave as any in the world, who have thus gallantly done, 
and patiently sufl:ered, and w^ho merit greater reward from 
their country than their country is able to bestow upon 
them — whether it is fit that soldiers of such a character, 
heroes of such virtue, should be commanded by a tyrant, 
or have the necessaries of life dealt to them by a griping 
oppressor. God forbid. These suggestions being humbly 
submitted tb your wise consideration, with our prayer for 
proper relief in behalf of our friends and fellow-soldiers, 
we shall, as in duty bound, ever pray. 

Trueworthy Dudley, Peter Thing, 

James Dudley, Benjamin Kiming, 

Andrew Downer, Jonathan Folsom, 

Daniel Gale, James Whidden." 

Now of these men, officers of " our regiment," and com- 
plaining of "our Commissary," his unjustice and oppres- 
ion, four alone have their names upon the roll of officers 
attached to the New-Hampshire regiment. The names of 
the other four are not to be found. 

Such discrepancies lead us much to regret the loss of 
these and other provincial papers. One would think that 
the names of officers of the militia, and such expeditions, 
should be matters of record, but the appointments of offi- 
cers in the militia, or of the troops raised for the various 
armies during our existence as a Province, were not mat- 
ters of record with the proceedings of the Governor and 
Council, and for the reason- that the royal Governors had 
the appointment of officers as their own prerogative, as an 
incident in relation to the appointment of the Commis- 
sary of this very regiment, and the one complained of, will 
show. 



76 adjutant-general's report. 

" Februaiy 25, 1744. The House appointed George Lib- 
bey commissary of the regiment about to be raised for 
the expedition against Louisburg; Doctor Miller and Doc- 
tor Sargent, surgeons of said regiment, and appointed a 
committee to provide a suitable surgeon for the same." 

March 13, 1745. The House being in session, and ar- 
ranging the afliiirs of the expedition, the Governor sent 
down a message " to acquaint them that the appointments 
of all officers are by His Excellency's commission vested 
in him," but at the same time suggesting that if they 
should recommend a suitable person for commissary, &c., 
it would be duly considered. Hence, the Governor alone 
making th^ appointments, no record was made of them ; 
hence these discrepancies and errors, and hence j:he appoint- 
ment of William Earl Treadwell instead of George Lib- 
bey, and lience the above complaint against him for injus- 
tice and oppression, and his subsequent recall by the Gov- 
ernor, and the appointment of Jacob Sheafe as his succes- 
sor. 

In April and May, 1745, a scout of seven men served at 
Canterbury, under command of Capt. Jeremiah Clough. 
The roll was as follows : 



A Muster .Roll of Captain Jeremiah Clough^ of 


Canterbury^ 


1745. 






£ s. d. ■ 


Jeremiah Clough, Captain, 


1 18 9 


John Morrison, ...... 


17 8 


Edward Aikens, 


17 8 


Thomas Davidson, 


17 8 


Samuel Smith, ...... 


17 8 


Mansfield McAffee, 


17 8 


Daniel Bolton, 


17 8 



The whole one month and three days each man, £10 4 9 
I found them provisions for the month and 
one day, and the men found themselves pow- 
der, 7 14 9 

£17 19 6 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 18G1. 77 

Those men were in the service at Canterbury, scouting and 
keeping the garrisons, one month, from the 17th of April last, 
and three days going and coming. 

Jeremiah Clough.* 

June 15, 1745. 

June 19. Sworn to before ye House. 

D. Peirce, Clerk House Representatives. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, June 19, 1745 : 

Voted, That Capt. Jeremiah Clough be allowed ten 
pounds four shillings and nine pence, for w'ages, and 
seven pounds fourteen shillings and nine pence, for pro- 
visions for himself and six men one month and three days, 
from ye 17th of April last, to be paid out of ye money in ye 
public treasury, by ye thirteen thousand act for ye defense 
of Government, &c. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council, June 20, 1745. 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secy. 
Eod'm Die — 

Assented to : 

B. Wentworth. 

July 5, 1745, the Indians commenced their murders at 
Westmoreland, then known as " The Great Meadow." 
Scouts were immediately ordered out by the Governor ; 
among others was one in the Merrimack valley, under 
Capt. Peter Pattee, of Londonderry. It was a " troop," 
or party of cavalry, and was as follows : namely, 

* Capt. Jeremiah Clough was a man of substance, residing in Canterbury 
His garrison was made a depot and rendezvous by the government through 
the Indian wars. He raised and commanded a company in Col. Poor's 
regiment, in 1775; was subsequently suspected of toryism, as he harbored 
in his hay-mow and furnished with food, Dr. McCarrigain, his son-in-law, 
who had escaped from " the Sons of Liberty," at Concord, and lodged in 
jail at Exeter, from which he was soon released, — and remained as he had 
been, a steadfast patriot. 



78 



adjutant-general's report. 



A Muster-Roll of Troopers under command of Peter Paitee. 

















^ 




c^ O 




^ A 


a 


fi-S 


u 


o* 


0) 


t2 ■ 

o o 


a 

3 

C . 


III 


MEN'S NAMES. 


la 
Is 




0- !^ 




.2 


C3 


5.2 
II 


II 






Ow 


Ji 

^ 


■3 


^ 


h" 


&: 


^^ 










1745. 


Aug. 




Days. 


s.d. 


s.d. 


ft. 


s. d. 


Peter Pattee, 


Com'der. 


Ang. 24. 


24 


32s. 


3 


3 5 


2 3 


2i 


5 9 


Joseph Morrison, 


Sentinel, 


» 24 






2.5s. 


3 


2 84 
2 8.| 
2 81 


■2 3 


21 


5 U 


Oliver Saunders, 


" 












2 3 


2-1 


6 1 


James Moore, 


'< 












2 3 


2i 


5 1 


William Campbell, 


" 












2 8| 


2 3 


2i 

21 


5 1 


Samuel Gramy, 


" 












2 U 


2 3 


5 li 


Robert Gramy, 


" 












2 8-1 


2 3 


2| 


6 1 


Benjamin E^merson, 


" 












2 88 


2 3 


2} 


6 1 


William Gregg, Jr., 


" 












2 8* 


2 3 


2| 


6 1 


Hugh Smiley. 


" 












2 8i 


2 2 


91 


5 1 


William Smiley, 


" 










2 8J 


2 3 


2i 


5 1 






Total sum. 




£2 17 


Londonderry, Dec. 2 


1745. 
















Errors 


excepted 










Pbteb 


Patteb. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Londonderry, February ye 13, 1745-6. 
Then the above-named Peter Pattee personally appeared 
and made oath that he, with the other men whose names 
are entered in the above muster-roll, were in His Majesty's 
service the time above mentioned. » 

Sworn before John McMurphy, Just. Pads. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Feb'y 19, 1645 : 

Voted, That Peter Pattee, and ye ten troopers under his 
command, be allowed fifty-seven shillings in full for this 
muster-roll, to be paid our of ye money in ye treasury for 
ye defense of ye Government, and for the carrying on ye 
war. D. Peirce, Clerk. 



Feb'y 20. In Council : 

Read and concurred 

Eod'm Die — 

Assented to : 



Theod. Atkinson, Sec'y. 



B. "Wentworth. 



October 'JO, the Indians made another attack at "West- 
moreland, and Gov. Wentworth ordered various scouts 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 



79 



upon the frontiers. One of them, in the valley of the 
Merrimack, was under the command of the noted Capt. 
John Goffe.* His roll was thus : 

A 31uster Roll of thirty-seven 31en under the command of Capt. 
John Goffe in scouting the Woods by order : the time of their 
several entries and discharges as in the columns : 



Men's Names. 


Entry 


Wages 
per mo. 


Disch'd. 


Daj's in 
service. 


Whole 
wages. 








£ s 








£ s. d. 


Capt. John Goflfe, 


Dec. 


23. 


2 10 


Apr. 


7. 


106 


9 9 7 


Sergt. Nath'l Smith, 




24. 


1 ]2 




6. 


104 


5 18 11 


.Corp'l Wm. Willker, 




24. 


1 6 




7. 


105 


4 13 3 


Serg't iSamuel Brown, 




20. 


1 12 


Feb. 


9. 


45 


2 11 6 


Sent. Robert Keed, 


Jan. 


1. 


1 5 


Apr. 


7. 


97 


•4 6 8 


John Webster, 




1. 


1 5 




5. 


95 


4 4 10 


Joseph Easlinan, 




1 


1 5 




5. 


95 


4 4 10 


Sam'l Bradley, 




11. 


1 6 




5. 


85 


3 15 10 


Eben'r Eastman, f 




1. 


1 5 




5. 


95 


4 4 10 


Thomas Morrel, 




6. 


1 5 




5. 


91 


4 1 2 


Jeremiah Dresser, 




^1. 


1 5 




5. 


95 


4 4 10 


Zachcriah Cutting, 


Dec. 


28. 


1 5 




7. 


101 


4 10 2 


John McLaughlin, 


Jan. 


1. 


1 6 




7. 


97 


4 6 8 



*Capt. John Goffe was at this time a resident of Bedford. He was the 
son of John Gofie, Esq., of Londonderry, and was born in Boston in 
1701. He came to Londonderry with his father, who was a grantee of 
Londonderry. He was with Lovewell in his expedition to Pequauquauke 
in 1725. In 1734 he moved to " Cohos Brook," where he cleared up a 
farm and built a mill. In 1738 he moved to Bedford, but removed from 
there in 1748, to his farm in Derrylield, upon the death of his father, in 
that year, who had carried on his farm at "Cohos Brook." Capt. Goffe 
was a man of energy and enterprise. He was Major of the N. H. Regi- 
ment in the Crown Point expedition, of 1756 ; Lt. Col. in those of 1757, 
1758 and 1759, and Colonel of that of 1760. Subsequently he was Colo- 
nel ot the 9th N. H. Militia for many years, and Judge of Probate for 
Hillsborough County from 1771 to 1776. He died in Derryfield, Oct. 20, 
1788, aged 87. 

f Ebenezer Eastman was the son of Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, the first 
settler of Penacook, now Concord. Joseph Eastman, whose name is upon 
the same roll, was his second son, and the Captain of the fifth com{)any in 
Col. Blanchard's regiment in the Crown Point expedition of 1755. Joseph 
Eastman, Jr., of this same roll, was a nephew, probably, of Capt. Ebenezer 
Eastman. He was a brave soldier of Rogers' Rangers, and one of four 
who carried dispatches, in 1760, from Gen. Amherst, at Crown Point, 
through the wilderness, a distance of some five hundred miles, to Gen. 
Murray, at Quebec. They were all residents of that part of Concord now 
known as "East Concord." 



80 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Men's Names. 



David Gamble, 
Joseph Simons, 
James Gibson, 
John Woods, 
Wm. Reed, 
Paris Eiehardson, 
Thomas .McKillicut, 
Sero;-t John Goffe, Jr.,* 
Ezelviel Walker, 
Henry White, 
Benjamin Filield, 
Jesse Flanders, 
Sampson Kidder, 
Stephen Hiiyt, 
Jacob Hoyt, 
Moses Merrill, 
John Flanders, Jr., 
Mathew Stanley, 
Wm. Coarser, 
John Shepherd, 
Judah Tramball, 
Joseph Eastman, Jr. 
Josiah Miles, 
Archibald 3Ioore, 



Entry. 




2. 




8. 




13. 




5. 


Dec. 


28. 


Jan. 


1. 


Dec. 


2G. 


Feb. 


10. 


Dec. 


26. 


Jan. 


1. 


Feb. 


10. 


Mar. 


3. 


Feb. 


26. 




28. 




28. 




28. 


Mar. 


4. 


Feb. 


28. 


Mar. 


4. 




4. 


Jan. 


1. 


Mar. 


4. 




4. 




4. 



Wages 
per month 



12 
5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 



Discharged. 



7. 

5. 

7. 
Mar. 4. 

4. 
Jan. 9. 
Apr. 7. 
Jan. 9. 
13. 
Apr. 5. 

5. 

7. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 

5. 
Feb. 9. 
Apr. 5. 

5. 

5. 



Days in 
service. 



96 

83 
93 
67 
63 
14 
57 
14 
13 
55 
34 
41 
37 
37 
37 
33 
37 
33 
33 
40 
33 
33 
33 



Whole 
wages. 



4 5 10 



14 1 
5 1 

19 10 



16 
12 

5 
12 
11 

9 
10 
16 



4 
6 

If 
6 

7 
1 
4 

7 



13 

13 

13 

9 

13 

9 5J 

9 5^ 

15 8| 

9 5| 

9 5| 

9 5J 



£106 13s. 2Jrf. 

Provisions for 2227 days of said men, at 9(Z., (exclusive of 
Simons,) 83 10 3 

For snow shoes, moccasins per month, each man, 9 18 9 



£200 2s. 2d. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, May 21, 1746 : 

Voted, That the above sum of two hundred pounds two 
shillings two pence, be allowed and paid out of the money 
in the Treasury for the defense of the Government. 

D. Peirce, Capt. 

In Council, Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec. 
Eodem Die — 

Assented to: 

B. "Wentworth. 



* A son of Capt. John Goife. He resided in Bedford, and was known 
as " Major John." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



81 



A small force was maintained at the garrison at Canter- 
bury, through the Winter of 1745 and 1746, as seen by 
the following roll : 

A Master-Roll of the men in Garrison at Canterbury^ under 
the command of Jeremiah Cloiigh, from the 28d of No- 
vember, 1745, to the IQth of April, 1746. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Jeremiah Clough, Commander, 
Francis Ayros, 
J(jhn Johnson, 
Morris Kevis,* 
Henry Erwin, 



Timeot 
Entry. 



Nov. 23, 



Time in 


Whole 


Provis'n. 


Ammu 


82s. mo. 


Wages. 




nition. 


mo. da. 


£ s.d. 


£ s.d. 


£ s.d. 


5 4 


8 4 6 


5 8 


7 8 


5 4 


6 8 7 


5 8 


7 8} 


5 4 


6 8 7 


5 8 


7 8^ 


5 4 


6 8 7 


5 8 


7 8J 


5 4 


6 8 7 


5 8 


7 8| 



Wages, £83 18 10 

Provision, 27 
Ammunition, 1 18 6J 



Total, £62 17 4^ 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, May 8, 1746. 

Voted, That there shall be allowed to Capt. Jeremiah 
Clough, and ye four men within mentioned, sixty-two 
pounds seventeen shillings and four pence half penn}^, in 
full of this muster-roll, to be paid out of ye money in ye 
public treasury for ye defense of ye Government. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Eod'm Die — 

Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

In anticipation of early raids from the Indians, the gar- 
rison at Canterbury was strengthened, as the following roll 
shows : 

* Probably Cavis. 

6 



82 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Cluster- Boll of men under command of Capi. Jeremiah 
Clovgh, at Canterbury. 



MEN'S KAME8. 



Jeremiah Clough, 
Morris Kevis, 
Henry Irwin, 

Kobert TInirstin, 

William J'reson, 

James ScaleiS, Esq.,* 

John Johnson, 

Samupl Frfiich, 

Ezekiel Cloiigh, 

Henry Eilkins, 

Katlianiel Ladd, 

Stephen Call, enlisted 
when Johnsou was dis- 
charged. 



Capt 
Sent'l. 



April 16 



May 



July 3 



June 3 



10 
13i 
111 
141 June 3 



July 3 






mos. ds. 

1 28 

2 23 
2 23 
1 27 
1 24 
1 23 

20 

1 20 
1 20 
1 16 
1 16 



1 3 



2^ 



■ s.d. £s.d. £s.d. £ s. d. 

3 7 30 2 8 5 8 25 8 2 

4 4 80 2 8 2 19 3'8 3 7 
4 8.0 3 82 19 38 3 7 

19 00 3 0'2 1 3:5 3 3 

16 010 2 10;1 19 0[4 17 10 

15 2 9 1 19 3 4 15 11 

1 00 1 11 15 01 17 1 

11 00 2 71 16 04 9 7 

11002 71 16 04 9 T 

7 2 2 4 1 13 3 6 

7 20 2 4,1 13 0,4 2 6 



30 1 3 3.0 1 7,1 3 3201 



Sworn to before the House. 



£56 19 8 
Jeremiah Clough. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Dec'r 4, 1746. 

Voted, That this muster-roll, amounting to fifty-six 
pounds nineteen shillings and eight pence, be allowed and 
paid out of ye money in ye treasury for defense of ye 
Government. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
December 10, 1746. 

Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

After the happy result of the expedition against Louis- 
burg, one for tlie conquest of Canada was set on foot, and 
a regiment of eight hundred men was raised in New- 
Hampshire, and placed under the command of Col. Theo- 
dore Atkinson, of Portsmouth. The regiment was ready 
to march by the first of July, 1746, but was delayed, and 
upon the news of the approach of a powerful French 

* James Scales, Esq., was a minister, and afterward was settled at Hop- 
kinton. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 83 

army and fleet to the eastern coast, the regiment found 
ample employment at home. They were stationed at 
Newcastle, and employed in repairing the fortifications. 
A new battery of sixteen guns, of thirty-two and twenty- 
four pounds shot, was added to Fort William and Mary, 
at the entrance of Piseataqua harb.or, and another, of nine 
thirty-two pounders, was placed at the point of Little Har- 
bor. In October, news came of the entire failure of the 
.French expedition, and the colonists were greatly reliev- 
ed, but still thought it advisable to keep the troops in the 
field. Col. Atkinson's regiment was ordered to Lake 
Winnipesaukee, to guard the frontiers from attacks of the 
French and Indians. There they built a fort, in which 
they passed the winter of 1746-7, and tarried till October of 
the latter year, when the regiment was disbanded. This 
was the first fort built in the interior, under orders from 
the Government of New-Hampshire. It was built on the 
north side of what is called "Little Bay," near what is 
known as "Union Bridge," in the town of Sanbornton. 
It has been called Fort Atkinson. Forts and garrison 
houses existed in various parts of the Province, but they 
had been built mainly at private expense. Two rather 
formidable forts existed at this time on the Connecticut 
river; one at "Number four," now Charlestown, and 
another was " FortDummer," in what was afterward and 
is now known as Hinsdale ; but these forts were built and 
maintained by Massachusetts. 

The fall of Louisburg exasperated the French in Can- 
ada, and their Indian allies made no less frequent attacks 
on our frontier settlements. In fact, the year 1746 is noted 
for the attacks of the Indians in the Province of New- 
Hampshire. The people were kept in a continual state of 
alarm, not only from fear of the Indians, but of a French 
invasion. Indians were continually prowling through the 
valleys of the Piseataqua, Merrimack and Connecticut 
rivers. The garrisons were all guarded at the public ex- 
pense, throughout the Province ; the government kept out 
scouting parties continually; a regiment of eight hun- 
dred men was stationed at Newcastle ; yet, in spite of all 



84 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



this precaution, the Indians were successful in raanj of 
their attacks. They had become so bold and frequent in 
their attacks, that in the Spring of 1746, the government 
was obliged to send extra men to guard the garrisons while 
the people did "their planting, &c.," as appears from the 
following list : 

A List of men under the command of Joseph Cass, to guard 
the Garrison at Canterbury, about their planting, ^c. 





Time of 
enlistment. 


When dis- 
charged. 


Days 

in 
serv'e 


What 
per 
mo. 


S^ l^meting. 


Am'n 










s. 


£ s. d. \ £ s. d. 


s.d. 


Joseph Caps, Serg't, 


April 21. 


May 19. 


28 


32 


1 12 


1 1 U 


1 6 


Noah Hobbs, Sent'l, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


1 1 


1 6 


John Dal ton, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


1 1 


1 6 


James Philbrook, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


1 1 


1 6 


David Welch, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


1 1 


1 6 


Obadiah Clough, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


1 1 


16 


David Bean, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


1 5 


110 


1 6 


Jeremiah Sanborn, 


21 


19. 


28 


25 


15 


1 1 


1 6 


David Tilton, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


15 


1 1 


1 6 


Henry Elkins, 


21. 


19. 


28 


25 


15 


1 1 


1 6 



Total sura, 
A true muster-roll, as made up by me, 



12 17 G 10 10 15 
X24 2 

EBEN'E STEVENS. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, 

In the House of Kepresentatives, July 2, 1746. 

Voted, That twenty-four pounds two shillings, in fall of 
this Roll, be paid out of the money in the ti-easury for de- 
fense of the Government. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council, July 3, 1746. 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Eod'm Die — 

Assented to : 

B. Wentworth. 

On the 22d of April a party was sent into the woods at 
Rochester, in pursuit of the enemy, under Sergeant John 
Thompson. The roll was thus : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 85 

April the 22, 1776. John Thompson'' s Muster-Roll, scouting 
in the woods at Jiochcster, ^c, by His Excellency's order. 
Dismissed the 20th 31ay. 







Months. 


s. 


£ s. d. 


John Thompson, Serg't, 


1 at 35 


1 15 


Christopher Noble, 


Sentinel, 


1 


25 


15 


Joshua Gilman, 




ii 


« 


15 


Jacob Buswell, 




a 


u 


15 


Eobert Hayes, 




<( 


(( 


15 


Daniel Delin, 




u 


u 


1 5 


Lemuel Perkins, 




18 days, " 


16 1 


Benja. Yarney, 




1 mo. 


(I 


15 


Benja. Robertson, 




« 


u 


15 


Richard Clark, 




11 


« 


15 


Zebulon 3Iarsh, 




li 


<( 

£ 


1 5 




13 16 1 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, May 24, 1746. 

Voted, That there be allowed thirteen pounds sixteen 
shillings and one penny, in full of the above muster-roll, 
to be paid out of the money in the treasury for the defense 
of the Government. 

On the 27th of April, an attack was made at Hopkin- 
ton, by the Indians, and eight persons taken captive. 
Capt. John Goffe was ordered to pursue the enemy, and 
in six days he was at Peuacook (now Concord), with a 
company of fifty men in pursuit of them. While at Pen- 
acook, news came in of an attack upon Contoocook (now 
Boscawen). Capt. Goft'e immediately went in pursuit of 
the enemy, but without success. This scout ended about 
the 20th of Ma3\ Only a few of the men composing it 
are known, as the roll is lost, and those only, from the fact 
that Capt. Gotfe persuaded them to reenlist for another 
scout of ten days. The men thus persuaded to reenlist 
were as follows: 



86 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Muster-Boll of men continued in the service after the last Mus- 
ter- Roll was made up, under command of Capt. John Gojfe. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



John Goffe, 
Nath'l Smith, 
Wm. Walker, 
,4 .Philip Kimball, 
^ James Stickney, 
Stephen Flood, 
Jona. Stevens, 
Josiah Heath, 
Solm'n Goodwin, 
Herbert Morrison, 
James Vants, 
Wm. Mackeen, 
Wm. MacAdams, 
Joseph Simons, 



Qual. 


Time 
entry. 


Dis- 
charge 

June 1 


No. ds. 


Am't 
perm. 


Wages. 


Pro- 
vis'ns. 


Amt'n. 


Capt. 


May 21 


12 


55s. 


13 6 


9 


8 


Lieut. 


21 


May 30 


10 


37 


12 6 


7 6 


6i 


Serg't. 


21 


30 


10 


37 


12 6 


7 6 


6i 


Corp. 


21 


30 


10 


33 


11 2 


7 6 


6,1 


" 


21 


30 


10 


33 


10 2 


7 6 


6:J 


Sent'I. 


21 


30 


10 


30 


10 9 


7 6 


6^ 




21 


30 


10 




10 9 


7 6 


6^ 




21 


30 


10 




10 9 


7 6 


6* 




21 


30 


10 




10 9 


7 6 


6 




21 


27 


7 




7 6 


5 3 


^ 




21 


27 


7 




7 6 


5 3 


4 




21 


27 


7 




7 6 


5 3 




21 


27 


7 




7 6 


5 3 


4-i 




8 


June 17 


6 7 




10 6 


7 4 





Tota I 
am't 
due. 



Sworn before Col. Gilman. 



Zach'r Eastman, 
Caleb Dalton,* 



301 



30s. 
30s. 



1 12 21 
1 12 2 



13 2 
6i 
6i 

17 2i 
19 2i 

18 9^ 
18 9* 
18 9J 
18 9^ 
13 U 
13 1} 
13 l| 
13 l| 

17 10 



1 13 8 
1 13 8 



£32 17 8 



* These men were posted in August last, by order of the Governor, at Blaisdell's garri- 
son, for thirty days. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Dec. 16, 1746. 

Voted, That there be allowed thirty-two pounds seven- 
teen shillings and eight pence, in full of this muster-roll, 
to be paid out of the money in the treasury for the de- 
fense of the Government. 

D. Peirce, Capt. 

In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

In Council, Dec. 10, 1746. 

Consented to: B. Wentworth. 



They were not successful in finding the enemy. 

Meantime, May 16, Capt. Samuel Ban*, of Londonderry, 
with a scout of nineteen men, had gone in pursuit of the 
enemy. His roll was as follows ; 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



87 



A Muster-Eoll of men employed in His Majesty's service^ scout- 
ing in the loood, by order of the Governor. 





Time 


Dis- 


Time 


Amount 






Whole 


IIEN^S NAUES. 


of 


cli&rffe 


in 


per 


Billeting 


Am'n 


sum 




enlistm't. 




service 


month. 






due. 




May. 


May. 


days. 


£ s. d. 






Wages. 


Sam'l Barr, Capt. 


16 


3U 


10 


2 15 


7 6 


6 


10 10 


Thos. Gregg, Serg't, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


1 • 9 


John Wallace, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 


Jas. McGregor, Clerk,* 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


John McDuffee, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


James Adams, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


William Kobertson, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


James Paul, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


Adam Dickey, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


David Thompson, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


George Clark, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


Sam'l Center, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


William Smith, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


Edward Aiken, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


John Aiken, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


James Duncan, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


Sam'l Bell, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 


John Aderson, 


15 


30 


10 


1 10 


7 6 


6 


10 9 



7 2 6 9 6 10 13 4 
Wages, 10 13 4 

Amunition, 9 6 

Provision, 7 2 6 

Total, £18 5 4 

Enlisted the men the 16th of May, began our march 20th of May, and 

discharged them the thirtieth of said month. 

Sam'l Barr, Capt. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Londonderry, July the 7, 1746. 
Then the above named Capt. Sam'l Barr personally ap- 
pearing, made oath to the truth of the above muster-roll, 
by him signed, according to His Excellency's order to said 

Capt. 

Sworn before Robert Boyes, Justice Peace, 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, July 8, 1746. 

Voted., That there be allowed eighteen pounds five shil- 
lings and four pence, in full of their mi^ster-roll, to be paid 
out of the money in the treasury for defense of the Gov- 
ernment. D. Peirce, Clerk. 

* James McGregor, son of Rev. James McGregor, the first minister of 
Londonderry. 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



In Council, Jul}' 9, 1746. 

Read and concurred : Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

Eod'm Die — 

Assented to: B. Wbntworth. 

This scout was out ten days, but did not succeed in find- 
ing the enemy. 

About the first of June, Capt. Jeremiah Clough, of Can- 
terbury, marched at the bead of a scout " on the borders 
of Winnepesaukee Lake." The Roll of the scout was as 
follows : 

A 3Iuster--RoU of nineteen men, under eammand of Capt 
Jeremiah Clough, in the Province service, in scouting on the 
borders of Winipisokee Pond, Pimegiwaset Piver, S^c. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


Entry. 


Day of 
disch'ge. 


Whole time 
of service. 


Wages 

per 
month. 


Whole 
wages. 


II 








weeks. days. 


£ s. d. 






^j 


Jeremiah Clough, Capt. 


May 29. 


June 29. 


4 4 


2 15 


2 


15 


ei 


Henry Beck, Serg't, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 17 


2 


2 4 


li 


Danifl Clark, Serg't, 


2&. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 31 


%i 


John Parsley, Sent. 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3i 


?i 


Joshua Hill, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3i 


at 


Kiehard Corlis, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 U 


ga 


Thomas Kowe, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3A 


•fi 


James Neal, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3| 


H 


"Wm. Beck, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 U 


9. 


Joseph Joy, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3i 


Ephraim Berrj-, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3| 


sl 


Thomas Briar, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 si 


■— o 


Joseph Kowe, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 U 




Moses Bawlins, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3| 




Elias Philbrook, 


2&. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 8i 


a- 


Sam'l Pain, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3| 


i(.i-H 


Francis Follet, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3| 


s 


Henry JNlalloon, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3.V 


5 


Sam'l Monson, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3-1 


&> 


George Nelson, 


29. 


29. 


4 4 


1 10 




14 3J 


ff 
u 



£35 14 7 
July 1, 1746: Sv/orn before the House. 

Allowed Capt. Clough for 28 days' provision, 110 
" for SO lbs. bread, at id, 7 6 

£37 OS. Id. 
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, July 8, 1746. 

Voted, That there be allowed thirty-seven pounds three 
shillings and one penny, in full of the within muster-roll, 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



89 



to be paid out of t;lie money in the treasury for the de- 
fense of the Government. D. Peirce, Clerk. 

In Council, July 9, 1746. 

Read and concurred : Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

JEod'm Die — 

Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

The 3d of June, a party of fourteen men, with horses, 
started from Portsmouth, with provisions for " thirty men 
a month, under command of Serg't Beck, of Portsmouth," 
then at Canterbury and vicinity. Serg't Beck's men were 
with Capt. Clough. The roll of these men under Ser- 
geant Pawlings, was as follows : 

A 31uster-Roll of men and horses impressed and sent to Can- 
terbury^ under the command of Serg't Josejyh Haiclings, to 
carry provisions for thirty men a month, under command of 
Serg't Beck, of Portsmouth ; set out June 3, 1746; found 
themselves provisions and expenses. 



MEU'8 NAMES. 



Serg't .Joseph Kawlings, 
Josiah Sanborn, 
Benja. Smith, 
Joseph Leavett, 
Josiah Rawlings, 
Josiah Folsom, 
Sam'l Norris, 
Jona. Robinson, 
"Wadleigh Cram, 
Joshua Folsom, 
Samuel Hall, 
Daniel Grant, 
Jeremiah Bean, 
■v^homas Kimball, 
Josiah Robinson, 

Horses belonging to men that did 
not go. 

John Leavitt, 
Capt. James Leavitt, 
Stephen Lj'ford, 
AVm. Lam son, 
Nath. Libby, 
Benjamin Folsom, 



9 a 

1^ is 



3 2 
3 2 
3 2 



11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 

11 
11 



11 8 



11 
•11 
11 
11 
11 
11 



\i£ _ 
I 3 910 
3 9 



3 
3 

^■9 
3 9 






2 8 4 8 8 9 2 16 3 1 13 9 £15 9 7 
Wages, £2 8 4; Provision.s £1 13 9; Horse-hire, £889; Horse- 
keeping, £2 16 3 ; Ammunition, 2s. Gd. 



90 ADJUTANT-aENERAL's KEPORT. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Exeter, June 30, 1746. Then Serg't Joseph Rawliuga 
made oath that he, with the other men in this muster-roll, 
went to Canterbury, and carried the provision ordered to 
them for the men as above, and ordered the same to Capt. 
Clough, at Canterbury, and that they were the number of 
days as were in the above muster-roll. 

Before Peter Gilman, Jus. Peace. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, July 8, 1746. 

Voted^ That there be allowed fifteen pounds nine shil- 
lings and seven pence, in full of this muster-roll, to be 
paid out of money in the treasurj- for the defense of the 
Government. D. Peirce, Clerk. 

.£15 9 7. In Council: EocVm Die— 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
EotVm Die — 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 

In July, two men were posted at GofFe's garrison, in 
Bedford, by the Governor's order, as appears by the fol- 
lowing roll : 

A Muster-Roil of two men, by the Governor's order, posted at 
Capt. John Goffe's Garrison. 

Days. 
John Sargent, entered July 9 ; discharged Oct. 31 ; 115 
Henry Flood, entered July 9 ; discharged Oct. 31 ; 115 

Total, 

province of NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Dec, 25, 1746. 

Voted, That the above muster-roll be allowed, amount- 
ing to twelve pounds ten shillings and ten pence, and paid 
to the said men out of the money in the treasury for de- 
fense of the Government, &c. D. Peirce, Clerk. 

In Council: JEod'ni Die — 
Read and concurred: Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

In Council, 11th Dec. 1746. 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 







£ 


s. 


d. 


6 


2 


6 


5 


5 


6 


2 


6 


5 


5 






£12 


10 


10 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



91 



The 14th of July, Capt. Andrew Todd, of Londonderry, 
started on a scout to Canterbury, and its neighborhood, 
with twenty-three men, as follows: 

A 3Iustcr-Roll of men under command of Capt. Andreio 
Todd, scouting at Canterbury. 





Time 


Time 


Whole 
time. 




Total 


MEX'S NAMES. 


of 


of 


Wages. Amn. 


sum 




entry. 


discharge. 




due. 


Andrew Todd, Capt. 


July 14 


July 27 


14 


1 7 6 


9 


1 8 3 


Wm. Holmes, Serg't, 


14 


27 


14 


18 6 


9 


19 3 


James Wilson, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Wm. Brownlee, Sent. 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Thomas Hosjg, 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


John Miller, 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Joseph Ayers, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Ale.\ander Gault, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


John Grimes, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


James Boyce, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Wm.Mc Master, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


James Liejctt, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9" 


8am'l Morrison, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


John Reside, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Hugh Thompson, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Wm. Caldwell, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 


Adam Wilson, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


16 9 


Archibald Miller, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 |0 15 9 


David Alexander, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 15 9 


Joseph Hamblee, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 15 9 


Sam'l ilarston, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 15 9 


Hugh Boyd, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 15 9 


Joseph Stewart, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 15 9 


Arthur Boyd, " 


14 


27 


14 


15 


9 


15 9 



£19 14 
Sworn before the Speaker of the House. 

Billeting paid by Col. Peter Gilman. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Aug. 22, 1746. 

Voted, That the muster-roll of twenty-three men, under 
command of Capt. Andrew Todd, scouting at Canterbury, 
fourteen days from the 14th of July, 1746, amounting to 
nineteen pounds fourteen shillings, be allowed and paid 
out of the money in the public treasury for defense of the 
Government. 

£19 145. D. Peirce, Clerk. 

In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Eead and concurred : Theod'e Atkinson, Sec'y. 

Eod'ni Die — Assented to : B. "Wentworth. 



92 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



The last of July, Capt. Xatbaniel Drake, of Hampton, 
went on a scout with a squad of fourteen of his troopers, 
into the woods about ISTottingham. His roll was as fol- 
lows : 

31iister-RoU of Captain Nathaniel Drake, for scouting with 
fifteen of his troopers, in July and August last (1746), at and 
about Nottingham, fitted with their horses. 



me:n'8 names. 



Nathaniel Drake, Captain, 
Daniel Marston, 
Reuben Dearborn, 
David Marston, 
Samuel Garland, 
John Taylor, 
Samuel Bachelder, 
Daniel Sanborn, 
Jethro Lock, 
Samuel Libby, 
Samuel Fogg, 
Joseph Brown, 
Jonathan Hobbs, 
Obadiah Marston, 
Thomas Brown, 



June. 

28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 
28 



C5 O 



s.d. 
17 8 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 






10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 



£ s. 

13 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 



£ s. d. 
13 9 
11 3 
11 3 
11 3 
11 3 
11 3 
11 3 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 



£8 11 3 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

November 17, 1746. 
Capt. Nathaniel Drake made oath to the above muster- 
roll, and that the several men named were actually in ser- 
vice the number of days, as is set forth in the above said 
list. Before 

Samuel Palmer, Justice of the Peace. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Dec. 4, 1746. 

Voted, That the within muster-roll, amounting to eight 
pounds eleven shillings and three pence, be allowed and 
paid out of the money in treasury for the defense of the 
Government. 



MILITARY mSTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 93 

In Council : EocVm Die — 

Read and concnrred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

December 10, 1746. — Assented to : 

B. "Wentworth. 

On the first of June, of this year, Capt. Daniel Ladd, 
of Exeter, enlisted a compan}- to do scout duty at Can- 
terbury, Rumford, * and neighborhood. 

This company marched from Exeter on the 14th of June, 
and arrived at Canterbury the "latter part of the night" 
of the 21st of the same month. They scouted in the 
neighborhood of Canterbury and Rumford, for a few days, 
and then returned to Exeter the 31st of June, and Ladd 
dismissed his company " till the 5th day of August fol- 
lowing." On the oth of August the company assembled, 
with ten additional men, and marched for Canterbury. 
On the 7th, in the vicinity of Massabesic Lake, one of 
their party, who had been left behind at Exeter, joined 
them on horseback, and reported that he had crossed an 
Indian trail near the Xorth Branch, in Chester, " as many 
as twelve or fifteen in number." LTpon this, Capt. Ladd 
returned with about thirty of his men, to find the enemy, 
while the balance of the company continued its march to 
Rumford. Capt. Ladd did not find the Indians, but went 
to Kingston and Exeter, to alarm the inhabitants. It is 
evident that the Indians were watching the movements of 
the company, to make an attack; but the portion of the 
company under Lieut. Jonathan Bradley, continued their 
march, and "some tarried at Rumford, some went to Can- 
terbury, while others went to work." Capt. Ladd arrived 
at Rumford on the 10th of August, with his detachment. 
The next da}^, Lieut. Bradlo}^, with a party of seven men, 
started for a garrison in Rumford, some two miles west, 
toward Hopkinton, and were ambushed by a party of 
fifty or sixty Indians, who killed five of the party upon 
the spot, and took two prisoners, only oue of the party es- 
caping. And this was done betwixt two garrisons, both 

* Eumford, formerly Penacook, now Concord. 



94 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



guarded, the farthest distant not more than a mile and a 
half, and filled with armed men in quest of the enemy! 
This attack shows the daring and adroitness of the enemy. 
It filled the whole Province with excitement; and well it 
might. If a town with seven garrisons, well guarded of 
themselves ; a large company, commanded by a noted 
Indian fighter, encamped and doing duty in it ; a com- 
pany of twenty -five men in the garrison of an adjoining 
town ; a regiment of eight hundred men stationed in the 
Province; and various companies scouting in the valleys of 
the Merrimack and Piscataqua; if such a town, thus 
guarded, was subject to such an attack, what town in the 
Province was safe from the hatchet and scalping-knife ! 

The muster-roll of Capt. Ladd's company was as fol- 
lows : namely, 

A Muster-Boll of the Company scouting under the command of 
Capt. Daniel Ladd, at Canterbury/, ^c. 



yd- 



Daniel Ladcl, Captain 

Jonathan Bradley, Lieutenant, (deceased). 

Abner Clougli, Clerk 

John Bean, Ensign, (deceased) 

Davison Dudley, 8erg't and Lieut 

Joseph Simons, Sentinel 

John Cleford, " 

Alexander Roberts, " (captured) 

William Knox, " 

Theopilus Griffin, " 

"ohn (jriffin, " 

I'hilip Kimball, " 

Enoch Knwcll, " 

William Moore, 

Benjamin French, 

Jolin Moore 

Nathaniel Huntoon, 

Stephen Ladd, 

Daniel Gilman, 

Josiali Miles, 

Jacob Carter 

Timothy Bradley, 

Samuel Bradley,* (deceased) 

John Gibson 

Israel Clelbrd, 






July 



Oct. 



10 Aug 
8 Oct. 
10 

10 
10 

10 
lO.Aug 

10 
21 j 
l(i July 

2'Z\ 
16 

lotoct. 

loi 
If 
lu, 

10 
21 
10 
10 
10 



M 



m.d£ 
'3 2 

3 0'2 
3 01 
1 181 
'2 121 
3 01 
211 
3 11 
'3 ll 

1 121 

2 121 

1 1511 
15' 1 

2 16,1 
14'l 

3 Oil 
141 

1 231 
3 01 
3 Oil 
1 24il 

1 15|1 
3 01 
3 01 

2 12 1 



o so 



s. £ s. d. 



15'8 5 
06 
17!4 10 
17 3 10 
175 17 
17 4 10 
101 2 
10,4 10 
10 4 10 
10 2 2 10 
10 3 12 10 



10,2 6 
10 16 
10 3 17 
10 15 
10 4 10 



15 
2 16 
4 10 
4 10 
2 15 

io;2 6 

104 10 
10'4 10 
103 13 



i;50 16 3 



£36 11 2 



* Jonathan Bradley, Timothy Bradley, and Samuel Bradley, of this roll, 
were brothers, and sons of Abraham Bradley, who came from Haverhill, 
Ms., to Penacook, in 1730. Lieut. Jonathan Bradley resided in Exeter. 
Samuel lived with his father, and Timothy lived in that part of Penacook 
called " the Mountain," in what is now known as " East Concord." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



95 



O 0) 



m.d. £ 8. £ s. d. 



Moses Worthen July 10 July 16 

Orlando Carter 14i 161 

Zt'beiloe I'.erry 10 Oct. 2 3 

I'aul Hpalpy 10 2 3 

Thomas (ieorffe 10 1 

Samuel I'owell 10 3 

Joseph Man 19 2 

John Forest 10 3 

Moses Dan forth ]0 3 

Simon Knmrill 10 3 

Samuel Moore 10 3 

Samuel Sheplierd, Jr 10 3 

William Stlckney, (captured) 21 2 

Stephen Call 23 1 

Philip Flanders 23 2 2 

James Bean 30 1 

John Bean Aug. 5 2 

James Atkinson 5 1 

John Lovekin, (deceased) 5 2 

Benjamin H untoon 5 1 

John Dollotr 5 1 

Thomas Carter 5 1 

Joseph Eastman 5 1 

John liuntoon 5 1 

Ebenezer Long 5 1 

Ebenezer Eastman 5 1 

"William Marphot 8 

Robert Rogers* 16 1 

Peter Bowen ! 19. 1 

Jacob Flanders Sep. 6 2 

John Nutt 7 2 261101 

James Moore 8 2 23 1 10 1 

AVilliam Moore, Jr 8 23 1 10 1 

Jacob Dovne 8 23 1 10 1 

Daniel Cl'ia^e, Jr 8! 23 1 10[1 

llenrv Pudnev 81 23 1 lo!l 

Joseph Pudney 8 23 1 lOll 

Joseph Mugoon July 301 2 3 ll 10'4 



Deduct 



So much allowed Abner Clough for his attendance and order of ye 
House. 



7;l 10 

231 10 2 

O'l 104 

01 10 4 

251 10 2 

01 10 4 

191 10 4 

Ol 10 4 

01 10 4 

01 10 4 

01 10,4 

01 10,4 

171 10 3 

01 10 1 

151 10 3 

01 10 1 

21 10 3 

01 10 1 

21 10 3 

1 10 1 

01 101 

211 10 2 

1 10 1 

01 10 1 

01 lOll 

01 101 

251 101 

17 1 lo!2 

141 10:2 

271 101 



14 8 

10 

10 

16 9 

10 



10 

10 

10 

10 

10 

18 

10 

16 

10 £58 16 4 

2 2 

10 

2 2 

10 

10 

12 6 

10 

10 

10 

10 

6 9 



5 
9 
7 10 
4 2 



4 2 

4 2 

4 2 

4 2 

4 2 

10 



£187 
11 


12 6 
1 2t 


£176 
1 


11 4 
5 



December 6, 1746. Sworn to before the House. 



£177 16 4 
Ab^'er Clough, Clerk. t 



J Being Capt. Ladd's and his son Stephen's wages; Capt. Ladd having of the Gov- 
rameut's money in his hand, what he drawed out of the treasury for billeting. 



* Eobert Eogers was the rioted ranger of the " Seven Tears' "War." He 
formed the first companies of Rangers, and was afterward major, command- 
ing the battalion. After the close of the war he went to England, and pub- 
lished an account of his "scouts" in the war. He was appointed Governor 
of Mackinaw. In the war of the Kcvolution, he took sides with England, 
visited this country, went about as a spy ; at length raised a regiment 
and fought against his country. His property was confiscated, and he re- 
turned to England, where he died. 

f Upon a roll signed by Capt. Ladd, he says : " After the death of the 
first lieutenant Bradley, Aug. 11, Davison Dudley acted as first lieutenant." 
On his roll, Jeremiah Clough and Jack Manuel are entered as enlisted 



96 adjutant-general's report. 

province of new-hampshire. 

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 29, 1747. 

Voted, That ye within muster-roll, amounting to one 
hundred and seventy-seven pounds sixteen shillings and 
four pence, be allowed, and ye mone\" paid to 3'e men to 
whom it is due, their orders, or legal representatives, out 
of ye money in ye treasury for defense of ye Govern- 
ment. . D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council ; Eootm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Consented to : B. Wentworth. 

It will be seen that after the massacre, two of the most 
noted hunters and Indian fighters enlisted in the compa- 
ny. One was Robert Rogers, the afterward noted Major 
of the Rangers; and the other, Peter Bowen, who subse- 
quently killed the two Indians, Sabattis and Plausawa, at 
Cootoocook.* 

It has been suggested above that other companies were 
scouting in the neighborhood. There was at Canterbury, 
at this very time, a company of twenty-iive men, as ap-. 
pears by the following roll, of Capt. Jeremiah Clough : 

A company of twenty-four men were on dut}^ at Can- 
terbury, guarding and scouting, from the 4th of July to 
the 4th of December, 1746. The muster-roll of this com- 
pany may be found on the following page : 

September 9, and serving one week. Their names are not upon the 
above roll, " sworn to by Abner Clough, clerk." Upon Clough's roll, 
John Cleford is placed down as a sergeant, while upon Ladd's roll there is 
no such name. 

* Sabattis, a corruption for the French name Jean Baptiste. Plausawa, 
a corruption of the French name Francois. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



97 



A ITiister-Roll of men guarding and scouting at Canterbury^ 
under command of Capt. Jeremiah Clough. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Time of 
entry. 



Jeremiah Clougli, Capt. 
Jame.'i .Scales, berji't,... 
Wm. Preston. Sentinel . 
Sam'l French, " 
Henry Elkins, " 
EzeUi'el Clough, " 
Philip Call.* 
Nathaniel Ladd, " 
Thomas Clough, " 
Stephen Call, " 

John Manuel, " 
Moris Kvers, " 

Henry Ervin, " 
Robert Thurston, " 
Archelans More, " 
Wra. Miles. 
James Lindsey, " 
Sam'l Shepard, " 
Wm. Forrest, " 
James Hend, " 

Benj. lUaiichard, " 
John Cibson, " 
Thos. Danforth, " 



July 4 
4 

4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

16 
Sept. 1 

16 
Oct. 62 

22 
July 4 

10 
C 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 



Dis- 


Wages 


charge. 


per 
mouth 


Dec. 4 


2 15 


4 


1 17 


4 


1 10 


4 




4 




4 




4 




July 14 




Dec. 4 




4 




4 




Dec. 4 




4 




July 9 




Dec. 4 




ct. 25 




25 




25 




25 




25 




25 




25 




25 





No. of Amra 1 
days, uition. 



Wages 



Dated Dec. 4, 1746. 

Sworn before the House, Dec. 4, 1746. 



154 
154 
154 
154 
154 
154 
154 

11 
142 

95 
142 

44 

44 
6 
148 
112 
112 
112 
112 
112 
112 
11-2 
112 

2784 



5 
7 6 
2 4 
2 4 

4 

7 9 

6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 



15 2 
10 3 
8 5 
8 5 
8 5 
8 5 
8 5 
11 
7 12 

5 1 
7 12 
2 7 
2 7 
6 
7 18 

6 










Total 
sum. 



15 10 9 
10 11 9 
8 18 3 
8 13 3 
8 13 3 
8 13 3 
8 13 3 
12 4 
7 19 7 
5 6 9 
7 19 7 
2 9 5 



9 5 

6 8 
6 3 
6 
60 
60 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 



£165 6 U 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Eepresentatives, Dec. 4th, 1746. 

Voted, That the within muster-roll, amounting to one 
hundred -ixty-five pounds six shillings and eleven pence, 
be allowed and paid out of the money in the treasury for 

the defense of the Government. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council : Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 

Dec. 10, 1746. Assented to : 

B. "Wentworth. 

Rumford, as now, was the important place in the valley 
of the Merrimack; but Canterbury was the favored town 
of the Province on this frontier, not merely on account of 
its position, but because it was a I^ew-IIampshire town. 
It was settled by New-Hampshire people, and incorpoarted 

* Philip Cull, of Stevenstown, afterward Salisbury, and in that part of 
the town now a part of Franklin. On the 15th of August, 1744, his house 
was attacked by the Indians, and his wife killed in sight of himself and son. 
The Call farm now constitutes a part of the " Webster Farm," in Franklin. 

7 ■ 



98 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



by the Xew-Hampshire Government; whereas Rumford 
was settled by people from Massachusetts, and incorporat- 
ed by "the Great and General Court" of Massachusetts; 
the latter claiming all lands three miles north and east of 
the Merrimack. True, the king in council had decided 
against this unjust claim of Massachusetts, six years be- 
fore, in 1740; but the prejudices engendered by a long 
controversy still remained. The people of Rumford still 
thought they properly belonged to Massachusetts, and 
looked to her for assistance, while that government often- 
times extended that assistance. From these circumstances, 
Canterbury had been cared for by the government of New- 
Hampshire, — made a depot for military stores, a rendez- 
vous for scouts, and its garrison furnished with a compe- 
tent force of troops for its protection and for guarding the 
settlers of the town in their necessary labors. The Indian 
wars that existed from 1745 to 1760 tended to soften and re- 
move these prejudices, so that, in the "Seven Years' War," 
which ended with the latter year, no towns in New-Hamp- 
shire furnished more or better soldiers than those in the 
Merrimack valley, peopled and chartered by Massachusetts. 
Through the winter of 1746-7, a small force was kept 
at Canterbury, as seen by the following Roll : 

A Muster-Roil, equal to six men, keeping garrison and guard- 
ing the ])eople at Canterbury, under the command of Jere- 
miah Clough, from, the bth of January, 1747, to the 12th of 
November, 1747. 



MEN'S KAMES. 


Entry. 


To week- Time 
days in 
served, service 


Whole 
wages. 


Whole 
provis."ns 


Ammuni- 
tion lor 
the time. 


Jeremiah Clough, Capt. 


Jan. 


5 


Nov. 12 


w. d. 

44 8 23 12 


13 12 2 


16 8 


Sam'l French, (Sent. 




5 


12 


44 3 16 1010 


13 12 2 


16 8 


Philip Call, 




5 


12 


44 3 16 10 10 


13 12 2 


16 8 


Thomas Clough, 




5 


May 3 


17 4 6 14 


5 7 1 


6 7 


Ezekiol Clough, 




5 


11 


18 6 15 


5 10 3 


9 


Henry Elkins, 




5 


Aug. 12 


31 2 


11 5 6 


9 11 8 


11 8 


John Manuel, 




5 


Nov. 12 


44 3 


16 1010 


13 12 2 


4 8 


Sam'l Moore, 


May 


9 


12 


26 5 


9 1 4 


8 13 7 


10 


Sam'l Shepherd, 




9 


12 


2(3 5 


9 1 4 


8 13 7 


10 


James Shepherd, 


Aug. 


13 


12 


13 


9 17 6 


3 19 8 


4 11 



£125 6 6 96 4 6 5 16 7 

Kec'd in part, of the above, one hundred pounds of the treasury. 

Jeremiah Clough. 
Sworn before the House. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



99 



The House rejected this roll as unauthorized. 
In Council, Dec. 10, 1747. Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 
Dec. 25, 1747. Assented to : 

B. Wentworth. 

The enemy appeared early in the Spring of 1747, and in 
the coarse of the Summer made frequent attacks. On the 
20th of May they made an attack on the people in Sun- 
cook, in that part of the town now Bow, killed one man 
there, and rifled several houses in that part of the town 
liow Pembroke, within a short distance of the meeting- 
house, the inhabitants having fled to the garrison. Scouts 
were ordered out, as usual. One under the command of 
Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, of Peuacook (now Concord) was 
as follows : 



A Master- JRoll of the Company in His 3Iajest>j's service, 
under the command of Ebenezer Eastman, Capt.: namely, 



MEN'S NAMES. 




Isaac Mason, Sentinel 

William Kelly 

Ebenezer Copps 

Jonathan Merrill 

Jedediah Heath 

Thomas Hains 

"William Kuss 

Kichard Hazelton 

Thomas Mills 

Aaron Copps 

Samuel Stanley 

Kobert Kogers 

David Stevens 

Ebenezer Willis 

Joseph Phelps 

Jonathan Phelps 

Samuel Abbott 

John Bell 

Thomas Abbott 

Josiah Heath 

Pompey,* 

Benjamin Fifield 

John Merrill 

Daniel Griflin , 



1 10 
15 

2 5 
2 5 
15 
2 5 

15 
15 
15 

15 

16 
2 5 
2 5 

10 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 



* Servant of Abiel Stevens. 



100 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



If 


to 


d <c 
.5 o 




O Jf 

a> 1 


£ a. d. 










1 10 
1 10 


Sept. 31 
31 


Sept. 


14 
14 


2 
2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 




14 


2 


1 10 


31 


Oct. 


12 


6 


1 10 


31 


Aug. 


29 


4 



0) . 
■O si 

1^ a 

1- 



John Johnson 

Edmund Harrinnm. 

Peter Harriman 

Josiah Heath 

Jonathan Heath 

Peter Bowen 

Joseph Wright 

Samuel Rogers 

Isaac Shorey 

Andrew Bowen 



s. d. 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
5 
10 



£81 


4 6 


o 


15 


1 


4 6 





2 6 


£85 


6 6 


50 





£35 


6 6 



£42 15 

Subsisting the above men, at lOcZ. 2qrs. per day, S4 18 3 

Subsisting the above men with ammunition, at 2s. Qd. per mo., 3 11 3 



Ebenezer Eastman, Capt, 2 15 0. Aug. 1-Aug. 29, 4 
Subsisting mj'self, at lOd. 2qrs. per day, 
Subsisting with ammunition, 



Deducted for money received of the treasurer, 

Sworn to before the House. 

PROVINCE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, 21st November, 1746. 

Voted: That the balance of the within muster-roll, 
amounting to thirty-five pounds six shillings and six pence, 
be allowed and paid out of the money in the Treasury. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council, Dec. 10, 1747. 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 

Dec. 24, 1747. Assented to: 

B. Wentworth. 

While Capt Eastman was out on this scout, the Indians 
made an attack on Epsom. On the 21st day of August 
they took captive the wife of Charles McCoy, of that 
town, and burned his house. Upon petition of McCoy, 
Gov. Wentworth ordered a company to Epsom, with Mc- 
Coy as pilot. This scout was under Capt. Joseph Thomas. 
His roll was as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



101 



A Muster-Iloll of twenty-eight mm scouting from Durham to 
Chester, Epsom, and Nottingham, under the command of 
Joseph Thomas. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Joseph Thomas, Commander 

Kobert Perkins, Sentinel 

Samuel Ra wlings 

Francis Durgin 

-Daniel Davis 

Thomas Tash* 

Ichabod Denbow 

James Merrill 

William Evans 

Josepli Baker 

Joseph Barber 

Charles McCoy 

James Kenr.iston 

James Cole 

Benjamin Barker 

Joseph Joy 

George Wallace 

John Mason 

J o s e p h J e w e 1 1 

Andrew McClary 

John McClary 

Abraham Kowel 

Samuel Wilkinson 

Nathaniel Watson 

Isaac Mason 

'James Goodwin 

James Rawlings 

Isaiah Hunt 



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15 


20 


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13 


15 


29 


13 


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29 


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20 


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29 


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29 


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29 


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1 1 
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16 
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16 
16 
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16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 

■ 16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 
16 



£22 15 9 
Joseph Thomas. 



Sworn before the House. 



* Thomas Tash was of Durham. He became a distinguished officer. 
He commanded a companj^ in Col. Blanchard's regiment, in the expedi- 
tion to Crown Point, in 1755; commanded the battalion of troops posted 
at Number Four, and raised to reenforce Col. Meserve's regiment, in 1758, 
and for the protection of Fort Edward ; and he was colonel of a regiment 
in the war of the Revolution. At the close of the war he moved to New- 
Durham, where he died, aged 87 years. 



102 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSIIIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, 2d December, 1747. 

Voted, That there be allowed twenty-two pounds fifteen 
shillings and nine pence, in full of the within muster-roll, 
to be paid out of the money in the public treasury. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council, Dec. 10, 1747. Read and concurred,: 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Dec. 24, 1747. Assented to : B. Wentworth. 

Although the attacks of the enemy were less frequent 
in the latter part of 1747, yet the government did not re- 
lax its efforts for defense, as they sent out scouts and re- 
enforced the garrisons. The following is a roll of men 
on duty at Penaeook, in the winter of 1747-8: 

A Muster-Holl of the Comimny in His Majesty's service, under 
command of Ebenezer Eastman. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


Wages 

per 
month. 


Entered. 


Disch'd. 


Whole 
time of 
service. 


Balance 
due 
each. 


Ebenezer Eastman, Capt. 


£ s. d. 
2 15 


Nov. 14 


May 9 


10. (I. 

25 1 


17 15 10 


Kev. Mr. Phineas Stevens,* 


1 10 


14 


9 


25 1 


9 8 9 


George Martin, Sent. 


1 10 


18 


1] 


25 3 


9 10 10 • 


Thomas Carter, 


1 10 


18 


11 


25 3 


9 10 10 


Ephraim Davis, 


1 10 


18 


11 


25 3 


9 10 10 


John Johnson, 


1 10 


18 


11 


25 3 


9 10 10 


Paul Burbeen, 


1 10 


18 


April 30 


24 1 


9 1 1 


Samuel Kogers, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 1 1 


Timothy Knox, 


1 10 


18 


3U 


24 1 


9 11 


Daniel Foster, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 11 


Paul Morgan, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 11 


James Scales, Esq., 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 1 1 


Morris McKeever, 


1 10 


18 


80 


24 1 


9 1 1 


Samuel French, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 1 1 


John Wood, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 1 1 


Henry Elkins, 


1 10 


18 


30 


24 1 


9 1 1 



£155 18 9 
Subsisting the above men at lOd. 2qrs. per day, 120 8 9 

Subsisting the above men with ammunition, 2i'. Qd. per man, 12 5 112 



Five shillings add to each man, to make the last ^ month 
£8 per month. 



Sworn before the House. 



288 13 5 2 

4 00 

£292 13 5 2 



* Minister of Contoocook, now Boscawen. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 103 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Ill the House of Representatives, 27 May, 1748. 

Voted, That the above muster-roll, amounting to two 
hundred ninety-two pounds thirteen shillings five pence 
two farthings, be allowed and paid out of the public 

treasury. 

D. Peirce, Clerk. 
In Council: Eod'm Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 
Eod'm Die — 

Assented to : 

B. Wentworth. 

In March, 1748, Capt. John GofFe had orders to raise a 
scout for the special duty of scouting, and doing guard 
duty at certain garrisons on the Merrimack and Souhegan 
rivers. His roll may be found on the following page: 



104 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster-Eoll of men under the command of Jolm Goffe, 
Captain^ employed in scouting and guarding the Souhegan, 
Monson and Stark garrisons,^ Anno Domini 1748. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



John Goffe, Captain 

Henry Sanders, Sergeant., 
Caleb Emery, Sergeant ..., 
Daniel Wilkins, Sentinel 

Moses Lowell 

Zechariah Cutting 

John Bradbury 

Timothy Clemens , 

Eichard Straton , 

John Barret 

Stephen Danforth 

Wincol Wright 

John Karkin 

Joseph Taylor 

Thomas Taylor 

Jonathan Farwell 

Samuel Houston 

John Hamblet 

John Hewee 

David Emerson 

Jonathan Corlass 

John McLauglin 

John Nevens 

Isaac Page 

James Kichardson 

Hugh Blair 

John Pollard 

John Lunn 

Benjamin Smith 

Noah Johnson 

Ben Thompson 

Philip Richardson 

John Annis 



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15 6 



March 
April 



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June 

April 
June 

April 

July 

June 
May 
July 
Sept. 



14 Oct. 
10 

lU May 
10 Oct. 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
14 
11 
17 
17 
14 
10 
1 
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15 
15 
11 
14 
14 
14 
18 
16 
20 
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July 

Sept. 

Oct. 

July 



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July 

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Sept. 

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June 

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2 

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2 8 
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2 10 

2 4 



Provision for 8859 days, at 35s. per 28 days, 
Ammunition for 3859 days, at 2s. M. per 28 days, 



March ye 1st, 1753. 



3859 £390 20 1 £38 
£241 3 
17 4 

£648 10 5 

38 



£610 10 5 
John Goffe. 



* Souhegan is now Bedford ; Monson is now Milford, and Stark's gar- 
rison was in Derryfield, now Manchester, at the outlet of Nutt's pond, 
where the well now remains, and the outlines of the fort are still to be 
seen. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 105 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

March 1st, 1753; In the House of Representatives. 

Capt. John Gofl'e made oath to the truth of the fore- 
going muster-roll. 

Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, March ye 14, 1753. 

Voted, This muster-roll of Capt. John Goffe, for him- 
self and thirty-two men, scouting and guarding the fron- 
tier, in ye year 1748, amounting to six hundred and ten 
pounds ten shillings and five pence, including billeting 
and ammunition, be. allowed and paid out of the money in 
treasury ; that each man's wages be paid him, his order, 
assign, or legal representative. 

Matt. Livermore, Clerk. 
In Council, March 20, 1753. 

Read and concurred: 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
In Council, May 10, 1753. 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 

This company was kept on duty from April 10 to Oc- 
tober 5, 1748 ; and from May 28 to October 5, of the same 
year. Capt, Goffe had command of another company of 
fortj'-four men, "scouting upon the frontiers," thus per- 
forming double duty. 

The roll of this last scout may be found on the follow- 
ing page : 



106 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster-Roll of the Company in His Majesty's service^ un- 
der command of John Goffe, Capt., employed in scouting on 
the Frontiers of the Province of New-Hampshire, Anno 
Domini, 1748. 





Wages 1 Time Time 


Whole 


Whole 


Advance 


MEN'S NAMES. 


per 1 of of 


time 


01 








month entrance. Discharge. 


service. 


wages 


pay. 


John Goflt, Capt. 




w. 


d. 






John Webster, Lieut. 


3 


May 28 Oct. 5 18 


5 


14 9 


2 


Nath'l Smith, Ensign, 






5 18 


6 


14 9 


2 


Wm. Peters, Serg't, 






3 18 


3 


13 16 5 


2 


Caleb Emery, 






5 


18 


5 


14 9 


2 


Nathan Lovejoy, Sent. 


2 15 




3 


18 


3 


12 13 5 


2 


Moses Danforth, 






3 18 


3 


12 13 5 


2 


Reuben Abbott, 






3 


18 


3 


12 13 5 


2 


Joseph Eastman, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Phineas Goodwell, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Enoch Eastman, 






3 


18 


3 


12 13 5 


2 


David Evans, 






3 


18 


3 


12 13 5 


-2 


John Burbank, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Stephen Call, 






July 14 


6 


6 


4 14 3 


2 


Joseph Putney, 






Oct. 2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Sam'l Abbott, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Sam'l Rogers, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Isaac Chandler, Jr. 






5 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Amos Abbott, 






2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Joseph Walker, 






5 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Jacob Hoyt, 






2 


6 


1 


4 4 6 


2 


Wm. Coarser, 




June 2 


2 


17 


4 


12 1 7 


2 


Simon Rumrill, 




2 


2 


17 


4 


12 1 7 


2 


Sam'l Shepard, 




2 


2 


17 


4 


12 1 7 


2 


John Little, 




2 


2 


18 




13 10 


2 


John Robertson, Clerk, 


3 


2 


2 


14 


2 


9 16 5 


2 


Timothy Knox, Sent. 


2 15 


25 


2 


18 


5 


12 17 4 


2 


John Woods. 




May 28 ■ 2 


18 


2 


12 11 51 2 


Enoch Webster, 




28 2 


14 


2 


9 16 5 


2 


Joseph Davis, 




June 25 2 


14 


2 


9 16 5 


2 


Nath'l Abbott, 




25 


2 


18 


2 


12 11 5 


2 


Sampson Colby, 




May 28 


2 


16 


3 


11 510 


2 


James Peters, 




June 10 


2 


16 


3 


11 510 


2 


Thomas Stickney, 




10 


2 


11 


3 


1 17 2 


2 


Nath'l West, 




July 15 


2 


11 


3 


1 17 2 


1 10 


Jeremiah Dresser, 




15 


2 


11 


3 


1 17 2 


1 10 


Ephraim Carter, 




15[ 2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




Ralph Blaisdell, 




14iAug. 2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




George Bean, 




14 2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




John Page, 




14 


2 


2 


,6 


1 19 3 




Thomas Blaisdell, 




14 


2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




Elisha Batchelder, 




14 


2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




John Cram, 




14 


2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




Benj. Norton, 




14 


2 


2 


6 


1 19 3 




John Chandler, Jr. 




May 28;Oct. 2 


18 


2 '12 11 5 


2 




355 


4 £462 6 6 




Deducted out Capt. Goffe's wages allowed him in 




another muster-rol 


1, 










£18 14 4 





MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 107 

Provisions for 655 weeks, 4 daj's, at 3os. per week, £286 16 3 
Keceived provisions at Kochester and Nottingham, 

for 28 days, 26 15 

Eemain due for provisions, 260 1 3 

Capt. Goffe received out of the Treasury, £239 

Of which is deducted out of the muster-rol!, 201 

Advanced wages in another roll, 38 

£239 

Ammunition for G55 weeks, 4 days, at 2d per week, 20 9 9 

12 kettles, at 10s. per kettle, for use of the scout, 6 
March the 6th, 1753. John Goffe. 

Deducted out of the advance wages, also, money he had re- 
ceived from the Treasur}', beside 38 pounds advance 

wages in another muster-roll, 75 

Also, deducted John Goffe's billeting, 18 weeks, 5 days, 126 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, March 5th, 1753. 

Capt. John Gofle made oath to the truth of the within 
muster-roll. Matthew XiIVErmore, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Voted, That the muster-roll of Capt. John Gofte, for 
forty-four men, scouting the frontiers in the year 1748, be 
allowed and paid out of the money in the treasury.- That 
each man's wages be paid to him, his order, attorney or 
legal representative, amounting to five hundred and twen- 
ty pounds thirteen shillings and five pence. 

Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 
In Council, March 20, 1753. 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
In Council, May 10th, 1753. 

Consented to: 

B. Wentworth. 

The Troops in the employment of the Provincial Gov- 
ernment at this time, and stationed at the garrisons in 
the various towns upon the frontiers, numbered as follows : 
namely, 

At Contoocook, .-..-- 20 
Canterbury, - - - ' - - - - 20 



108 ADJUTANT-GENEKAL'S- REPORT. 

Rumford, 25 

Nottingham, 20 

Rochester, - - 30 

Barrington, 11 

Stark's (at Derryfield), .... 3 

Souhegan (Bedford, Amherst and Milford), - 15 

Suucook, 10 

154 
Fort Willia;m and Mary, - - - - 20 

174 

The government made early preparation for the enemy 
in the Spring of 1748. Gov. Wentworth issued orders to 
several well known Indian fighters on the occasion. Here 
is a sample issued to Capt. Job Clements, of Dover. 

PROVINCE OF DTEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

[l, s.] To Job Clements. 

You are hereby directed and empowered to impress or 
inlist into His Majesty's service, thirty-five efiiective men, 
of whom you are to take the command ; six whereof you 
are to post at Barrington, at Capt. date's garrison, and 
the remainder at Rochester, in such a manner as to render 
them most serviceable for the protection and safety of the 
garrisons there. 

You are, likewise, to take the whole number of men by 
you inlisted, and scout with them, or such a part of them 
as you shall think proper, in the neighborhood of Roch- 
ester, which scouting you are to repeat as often as 3'ou 
shall judge it for the safetj'^ and protection of the inhab- 
itants ; and if, in your scouting, j-ou discover any body of 
the enemy, superior to your command, Capt. Roberts is 
hereby required to join you with such a number of the 
militia under his command as he and you shall agree 
upon. 

Be careful, at all times, that you are not surprised by 
the enemy, whereby they may gain an advantage over 
you, — and every fourteen days transmit to me an account 
of your proceedings. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 109 

Before you march, you are to take your provisions of 
bread and m^al from John Gage, Esq., and he, from time 
to time, will furnish you during your command, as will be 
most beneficial for the service, when, you and he must 
agree upon. 

When 3'ou have inlisted or impressed your men, you 
are to transmit to me an exact list of their names, in the 
manner, and according to the form you will receive here- 
with. 

Given nnder my hand and seal, at arms, Portsmouth', 
26th March, 1748. 

B. "Wentworth. 

The men enlisted in obedience to this order, were as in 
the following roll : 



no 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A 3Iuster-Roll of a Corrfpany of pressed men, loader command 
of Capt. Job Clements^ at Bochesier and Barring ton, in 
1748. 



MEN'S NAMES. 




u 
o 

p. _ 

^1 


C j; 


6 
to 

C8 

-= 

5 


_0 m 


John Hodfijdon, Sergeant 


May 4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

16 

30 

31 

31 

June 3 

8 

8 

8 

11 

30 

July 11 

12 

13 

13 

13 

14 

18 

19 

19 

27 

Aug. 1 

1 

1 


£ s. 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
5 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
9 i.n 


d. 



































c 













m. d 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

4 

9 

4 4 

4 

4 
4 
4 
4 
4 

11 
2 

4 

7 3 

6 

8 6 
8 6 


July 1 


£ s. d. 
2 15 


John Howe 


2 15 


Samuel Toby 


2 15 


Nicholas Weeks 


2 15 


Edward Man 


2 15 


Joseph Dow^ning 


2 15 


Peter, negro, belonging to Greenleaf 

•John Huntress 


2 15 
2 15 


t;W)aniel Allen 


6 8 9 


William Johnson 


3 3 


John Leavitt 


2 15 


Elias Tarlton 




Thomas Wentworth 




Jonathan Eicker 




James Perkins 




James Wilkson 


2 15 


Edward Man 


2 15 


Joseph Rawlings 


2 15 


James Perkins 


2 15 


John Huntress 


2 15 


Joseph Downing 




Daniel Banker 




Aaron Bickford , 


Sept. 30 
27 


7 11 3 


Daniel Connev 




Ebenezer Nock 


1 1 6 


James Hall 


Bryant Davis 




Ephraini Ricker 




Joseph Downs 




Moses Ricker 


2 15 


Samuel Ham 


8 2 15 
92 15 
16 2 15 
16 2 15 
16;2 15 
162 15 
16i2 15 
292 ]5 

29 2 15 

30 v( 1.T 


Ebenezer Jones 


2 15 


William Hill 


5 2 8 


Edward Burroughs 


James Nute 




Moses Pinkham 




Abraham Plaice 


4 2 6 

(j 1 


James Clements 


Benjamin Ricker 


6 1 


Sa m uel Weymouth 


Jacob Allen 


Sept 2 


2 15 




Ichabod Bickford 


5 

9 

15 

26 


2 15 
2 15 
2 15 
2 15 


2 15 


John McCov 


John Lewis 




Thomas Hamack 





£86 7 3 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. Ill 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, May 11, 1753. 

Voted, That the within muster-roll, so far as is ascer- 
tained and made up, amounting to eighty-six pounds seven 
shillings and three pence, new tenor, for scouting and 
guarding the frontier, in the year 1748, be allowed and 
paid out of the money in the treasury, each man's wages 
to be paid him, his order, attorney, or legal representative. 

Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 
In Council: Eod'm Die — 
Read and concurred : 

Theod. Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Eod'm Die — 

Consented to: B. Wentworth. 

About the same time, Capt. Foster, of Suncook, had 
command of a company doing scout and guard duty at 
that place, as appears by his muster-roll : 



112 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster-Boll of the Company in His Majesty's service, under 
command of 31oscs Foster, Captain : immely. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Moses Foster, Capt. 

Kev. Mr. Whittemore,* Lieut. 

Luther Morgan, " 

Benjamin Cram 

Timothy BUike 

Sam'l Fifield 

Edward Bean 

Ephraim Philbrick 

Theophs Griffin 

■\Vm. Fowler 

Daniel Blake 

Jonathan Swain 

Ezekiel Flanders 

James French 

John Calf 

Sam'l Lovering 

Jonathan Heath 

Edward Bean 

Abner Goodwin 

John Cooper 

Derby Ke.ley 

Henry Trussel 

Jeremiah Allen 

Sam'l Abbott 

Abraham Kowel 

John Moore 

John Carr 



Wages 


Entrance 


Time 


Time 


per 


into 


of dis- 


m ser- 


month. 


service. 


charge. 


vice, 
w. d. 


3 10 


May 8 


Oct. 2 


21 


2 15 


" 8 


2 


21 


2 15 


" d 


4 


21 4 




" 6 


4 


21 4 




*■ 6 


June 6 


4 6 




" 6 


9 


4 6 




" 6 


9 


4 6 




" 6 


Aug. 31 


16 5 




" 6 


June 9 


4 6 




" 6 


Oct. 4 


21 4 




" 6 


June 9 


8 6 




" 6 


Aug. 3 


12 4 




June 6 


July 7 


4 3 




6 


7 


4 3 




6 


Aug. 4 


4 5 




6 


July 5 


4 6 




Julv 5 


Aug. 7 


4 5 




5 


31 


8 1 




Aug. 2 


31 


4 6 




2 


31 


4 1 




2 


Oct. 2 


8 5 




4 


2 


8 3 




28 


2 


5 




28 


2 


5 




28 


2 


5 




June 7 


1 


16 4 




Aug. 1 


1 


8 5 



Balance due to 
each man. 



18 7 
14 8 
14 16 
14 16 
3 6 



6 2 
9 

7 2 



3 

3 

11 

3 



14 16 
3 6 
8 12 
3 



11 1 



6 

5 

3 

3 8 

3 8 
11 7 
15 19 



9 

9 

9 

11 

10- 3 



261 2 181 13 3 2 
Subsisting the above men, at Is. 3^. per day, 114 7 6 

Subsisting the above men with ammunition, at 2s. 6fZ. per mo., 8 2 6 



304 3 
Deducted five pounds, paid out of the treasury for ammunition, 5 

Memorandum. — The above service was done in the year 1748. 

Errors excepted. Nov. 1, 1752. £299*3 



3 2 




Moses Foster. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 



Nov. 17, 1752. In the House of Representatives, Capt. 
Moses Foster made oath that the within muster-roll is just 
and true, and to the time of enlisting the respective per- 



*Mr. "Whittemore was the minister of Suncook (now Pembroke), and 
this was the roll of a scout doing scout and garrison duty at Suncook. The 
garrison was near the meeting-house, which was situated near the house of 
Hon. Aaron Whittemore, of Pembroke. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 113 

sons therein mentioned and the time of their dismission, 
and that they respectively continued in the service as 
within mentioned. 

Attest: Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, March 15, 1753. 

Voted,, That the muster-roll of Capt. Moses Foster, 
guarding the fortress in the year 1758, for himself and 
twenty-six men, amounting to two hundred and ninety-nine 
pounds thirty-three shillings and three pence, for wages, 
billeting and ammunition, be allowed and paid out of the 
money in the public treasury; the wages to be paid each 
man, his order, attorney, or legal representative. 

Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 
In Council, March 20, 1753. Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
In Council, May 10, 1753, Assented to : 

B. Wentworth. 

The war betwixt France and England closed in 1748, 
by the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, but the depredations of 
the Indians continued into the summer of 1749. 

After the close of the war, the government seems not 
to have relaxed their eftbrts to keep up their military forces. 
In 1750, Gov. Wentworth ordered the enlistment of a 
"troop" at Kingston and vicinity, as would appear from 
the following paper : 

province of new-hampshire. 
7'o His Excellency Beimwg WeJiiioorth, Esq., Governor and 

Commander-in-Chief in and over His 31ajesty's Province, 

aforesaid : 

Inasmuch as your Excellency honored me with a war- 
rant to enlist a number of men for a troop, pursuant 
thereunto, I have enlisted the men whose names are as 
followeth : namely, 

Jonathan Sanborn, Jr., John Judkins, 

Jonathan Sleeper, Daniel Clough, 

Benjamin French, Jr., Charles Hunton, 

8 



114 



AD.TUTANT-aENERAL S REPORT. 



Samuel Brown, 
Benjamin French, 
Samuel Stuart, 
Sargent Heath, 
Isaac Smith, 
Samuel Webster, 
John Morrill, 
Jacob Hook, 
Humphrey Hook, 
Moses Quimby, 
Samuel Paige, 
Moses Paige, 
John Paige, 
Stephen Sleeper, 
Elijah Clough, 
Ebenezer Long, 
Elisha Towl, 
Samuel Sanborn, Jr., 
John Hunton, Jr., 



Samuel Stevens, 
Isaac Griffin, 
Ebenezer Eastman, 
Jonathan French, 
John Calf, 
Paul Sanborn, 
Benjamin Hunton, 
John Stevens, 
Moses Blake, 
Trueworthy Ladd, 
Ephraim Winsle, 
Nathan Jones, 
Merrill Flanders. 
Peter Colby, 
Jonathan Young, 
Ebenezer Paige, 
Stephen Brown, 
Nathaniel Dow, 
Benjamin Leavitt. 



Joseph Eastman, 

This return was indorsed with this order, in the well 
known hand of Governor Wentworth : 

" Col. Atkinson : Officers for this troop of horse are, 
Captain — Ebenezer Stevens ; 
Lieutenant — Benjamin Webster ; 
Cornet — Jonathan Greely ; 
which please to have ap. and com's for . B. W." 

In 1752 the Indians again commenced their depreda- 
tions upon our frontier settlements, and it was found that 
the militia laws in force were not adequate to the emer- 
gency of a successful defense of the Province. Accord- 
ingly, in 1754, an additional act was passed, providing 
that commanding officers of troops and companies should 
call out their troops or companies at least four times each 
year, for military exercise, under penalty of five pounds 
for each day's .neglect ; the said fine to be paid to the com- 
manding officer of the regiment ; and if not paid, said of- 
ficer was to issue his warrant to some constable to make 
distress; that any one liable to do military duty, neglect- 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18f)l. 116 

ing so to do, should pay a fine of ten shillings for every 
day's neglect; that every trooper, thus neglecting, should 
pay a fine of twenty shillings, and every person thus neg- 
lecting the duty of watching or warding should pay a tine 
of ten shillings; that the clerk of any troop or company 
might distrain ex-ojicio, for any. delinquencies mentioned 
in the act; that parents or masters should pay the fines 
for servants or minor children ; that commanding ofiicers 
of troops or companies might order the men liable to do 
military dut}', under their command, in time of war, to 
carry their arms and ammunition about with them, under 
penalty; that no man should be exempted from doing 
military duty merely on the certificate of two surgeons ; 
that the militarj" law should extend to all plantations; and 
that constables and clerks of companies might attach the 
goods or estate of delinquents, and sell the same at 
auction, on four days' notice, and, after subtracting the 
fines and costs, " render the overplus to the owner." 

This law was found to be more eftbctual, and " the Seven 
Years' ^Var" that followed found the people of New-ITamp- 
shire well prepared for the emergency. What is known as 
the "Seven Years' War" commenced betwixt the French 
and English in America, in the Spring of 1754, by the 
investment by the French of an unfinished English fort at 
the forks of the Monongahela and Allegany rivers, on the 
17th of May, and its surrender the following day. The 
Fi'ench finished the fort and called it "Fort Du Quesne." 
The Indians, before tljis date even, instigated by the French 
in Canada, had commenced hostilities, by killing Stinson 
and taking Stark* and Eastman prisoners, in what is now 
the town of Rumney, on the 28th of April, 1752, and on 
the 11th day of June, 1754, they attacked the house of 
Nathaniel Meloon in Stevenstown (now in the west part of 
Salisbury), and carried him, his wife and three children, 
into captivity. Gov. Wentworth ordered out "a company 
of foot," under Capt. John Webster, to march in quest of 
the enemy. The pursuit was of no avail. Capt. Web- 
ster's roll was as follows: 

* John Stark, the afterward noted general of the Revolution. 



116 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster-Roll of a Compamj of men enlisted hy me^ the sub- 
scriber, according to His Excellency' s order, and marched to 
Stevenstown and Contoocook, under my command. 



3I£N3' KAMES. 



John Webster, Capt J 

James froctor, Lieut 

Christiiplier Oould, Clerk 

Jeremiah Bennet, Sent 

George Martin 

Jonathan Flood 

Jof e))li Lancaster 

Wm. !Si)la\vay 

Daniel Itowel 

Josliua Webster 

Josepli Kminons 

Ezekiel Straw 

Katlian Uould 

Philip Wells 

Daniel Huse 

Wm . Harvey 

Prince Flanders 

Thomas Wyman 

John Darling 

James Dustin 



une 14 
13 
13 
17 
15 
IT 
17 
18 
19 
19 
20 
20 
22 
22 
21 
24 
24 
24 
24 



in 












ai 




ft5 








•3 -a 


go 


O so 






Q 




<B 


25-8 














£ 


s. d. 


July 


24 


3 10 


39 


4 


17 6 




24 


3 


39 


4 


3 7 




24 


2 15 


34 


3 


6 10 




24 


2 15 


34 


3 


6 10 




24 


2 15 


36 


3 


10 8 




24 


2 15 


38 


3 


14 6 




24 


2 15 


36 


■3 


10 8 




24 


2 15 


36 


3 


10 8 




24 


2 15 


35 


3 


8 9 




24 


2 15 


34 


3 


6 10 




24 


2 15 


34 


3 


6 10 




24 


2 15 


3;^ 


3 


4 11 




24 


2 15 


32 


3 


3 




24 


2 15 


31 


S 


10 




24 


2 15 


31 


3 


10 




24 


2 15 


29 


2 


16 11 




8 


2 15 


16 


\ 


11 4 




24 


2 15 


29 


2 


16 11 




24 


2 15 


29 


2 


16 11 




24 


2 15 


16 


1 


11 4 



2 11 

2 10 
2 9 



641 days' billeting, at Is. M. per day. 



This is a true muster-roll from me, John Webster, Commander. 
Deduct out J£7 1«. 6rf. for ammunition, 



£64 6 8 2 16 
40 1 3 
2 17 2 



£107 4 7 



£100 3 1 



Eeceived of the Treasury, 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Kepresentatives, December 5, 1754. 

Mr. John Webster made oath to the truth of the fore- 
going muster-roll, and that the men therein mentioned 
were in the service of the Province, agreeably to the time 
therein set down. 

Attest : Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 6, 1755. 

Yoted, That this mu,ster-roll of John Webster, for him- 
self and nineteen men, amounting to one hundred pounds 
three shillings and one penny, be allowed and paid out 
of the money in the public treasury for that end, being for 
wages, billeting and ammunition. 

Henry Sherburne, Jr., Clerk \-)ro tern. 
In Council, Jan. 8, 1755. Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
JEod'm Die — Jan. 8, 1755. Consented to : 

B. Wentworth. 



MILITARY niSTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



117 



On the 15th of August tliey made an attack at Steveus- 
town (afterward Salisbury, and in that part of it now 
Franklin), killed Mrs. Philip Call and Timothy Cook, and 
took Enos Bishop prisoner. On the 19th of August Gov. 
Wentworth ordered a detachment of twenty men from 
each "troop" in Exeter and Kingston (the former com- 
manded by Capt. Odlin, and the hitter by Capt. Ebenezer 
Stevens), and one of fifty "foot," from the regiment com- 
manded by Col. Joseph Blanchard. At the same time he 
ordered two detachments of men, under proper officers, to 
be posted upon Connecticut river, for the protection of 
the inhabitants on that frontier. The company of " fifty 
foot" was placed under the command of Major John Gotfe, 
as lieutenant, and those companies upon Connecticut river 
were commanded, the one by Major Bellows, as lieutenant, 
and the other by Col. Williams, with the same rank, as 
seen bj' the following rolls : 

A Muster-Roil of the Troops employed in His Blajesty's ser- 
vice on 3Ierrymac River, under command of Col. Joseph 
Blanchard, and by him posted, under proper officers, agree- 
able to His Excellency's orders. 





Wages 


Time 


Time 


Whole 


Whole 




MEN'9 NAMES. 


per 


of 


of 


time of 






month. 


entry. 


dismission. 


service. 


wages 




Joseph Blanchard, Esq., 








86 


£ s. (1. 




John Gofle, Lieut., 


3 10 


August 25 


Xov'r 16 


84 


10 10 




Calob Paige, Sergt, 


3 


25 


16 


84 


9 




Joshua Martin, 


3 


23 


16 


86 


9 4 4 




Jona. Woodbury, 


3 


23 


. 10 


80 


7 17 




Wni. iloore, 


3 


Sept. 17 


16 


61 


6 10 6 




Isaac Waldron, 


3 


Aug. 23 


16 


86 


8 9 




Timothy Cox, 


3 


25 


16 


84 


8 5 




Levi Hildreth, Sentinel, 


2 15 


23 


Sept. 9 


18 


1 15 6 




I'eter (_ ro.ss, 


2 15 


23 


Nov. 16 


86 


8 9 




Kleazcr FareweU, 




23 


16 


86 


8 9 0- 


£78 9 4 


Nat hi Sloore. 




Sept. 21 


16 


36 


5 10 3 




Samuel Houston, 




Aug. 23 


16 


86 


8 9 




Simon Beard, 




• 23 


16 


86 


8 9 




Jolin Harwood. 




23 


16 


86 


8 9 




Joseph (Jrd«ay, 




Sept. 17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Josiah I'arker, 




Aug. 28 


16 


85 


8 7 




Joshua Corlis, 




8ept. 17 


16 


27 


2 14 




Stephen (leorge. 




Aug. 24 


16 


61 


5 19 9- 


£68 6 3 


Joseph Eastman, 




Oct. 21 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




John Tavlor. 




Sept. 17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Archibald Stark, 




Dec. 17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Thos. Jones, 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Joseph l'.r()wn. 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Sam'l Hogfj. 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Nicholas Line, 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Daniel lioden, 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Sk^ John Uav, 
^T^ohn Allen. 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 






Aug. 23 


16 


86 


8 9 




Samuel Hilton, 




23 


16 


56 


5 10 




Jajiies Hunter. 




Sept. 17 


16 


61 


5 19 9 




Thomas Ijrear, 




17 


16 


61 


5 19 9- 


£67 16 9 



118 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


Wages 
per 


Time 
of 


Time 
of 


Whole J 
time of 


Whole 




month. 


entry. 


dismission. 


seivicc. 


wages. 


Matthew Olean, 




Sept. 


17 




16 


61 


5 19 9-X212 12 4 


Thomas Arcliibald, 






17 




16 


61 


5 19 9 


Jonathan Aiken, 






17 




16 


61 


5 19 9 


^bos. Hyland, 










16 


61 


5 19 9 


John Duncan, 










16 


61 


5 19 9-£291 8 9 


John Barret, 






17 




16 


61 


5 19 9 


Samuel McDupley, * 




Sept. 


17 


Oct'r 


26 


40 


3 18 8 


Jolin Arcliibald, 


2 15 








26 


40 


3 18 8 


Joseph McCowen, 


2 15 




20 




26 


37 


3 12 8 


David Tavlor, 


2 15 








26 


37 


3 12 8 


James McNeil, t 










26 


37 


3 12 8 


William Bonner, 




Aug. 


23 


Nov'r 


26 


86 


8 9 


William I'atterson, 






23 


Sept. 


8 


17 


1 19 5 


William Patterson, 




Oct. 


8 


Nov'r 


16 


40 


3 18 8 


Zacliariah Stearns, 




Sept. 


25 




16 


53 


5 4 0-£440 0(2 


Ephraim Foster, 




Aug. 


29 




16 


83 


7 17 2 


Stephen Chase, 






23 




16 


86 


8 9 


John Worthley, 






25 




16 


84 


8 5 


Jeremiah Corlig, 




Sept. 


17 




16 


61 


5 19 9 


Win. Hutchinson, 




Aug. 


23 




16 


86 


5 19 9 


Nathan Haywood, 






23 




16 


86 


8 9 


Jacob Jewell, 






25 




16 


84 


8 5 


John Bailev, 






29 




16 


83 


7 17 7 


Hu<jh Miller, 






23 


Oct'r 


20 


59 


5 16 


John Karkin, 






23 


Nov'r 


16 


86 


8 9 0-£774 16 1 


Isreal Trull, 






23 




16 


86 


8 9 


Reuben Hamblet, 




Sept. 


9 




16 


69 


6 16 


Andrew Walker, 






17 


Dec'r 


12 


40 


3 18 8 


William Gibson, 




Aug. 


23 


Sept. 


25 


34 


3 7 2 


Robert Rogers, 






23 




21 


30 


2 19 




£139 12 



Subsisting the above men 3945 days at Is. Sd. per day. 

Deduct from each officer and soldier in ye above muster-roll, the wages 
and billeting charged alter 6 or 7 of November, will amount to 
444 days. 

Ammunition, 

£585 1 
* Deserted October 26. 

f James McNeil and John McNeil, both in Col. Moore's regiment in 
the Louisburg expedition, were from Londonderry, originally. John 
moved to Derryfield, and resided near the Anioskeag Falls. His son Dan- 
iel moved to Hillsborough in 1771. Daniel was drowned in the Contoo- 
cook, at what is now Hillsborough Bridge. His son, John McNeil, serv- 
ed in the war of the Kevolution, and his son, John McNeil, was a cap- 
tain in the 11th regiment in the war of 1812. He led his regiment in the 
battle of Chippewa, being its Major, and for " meritorious conduct" in 
that battle was made Lt. Colonel by brevet, July 15, 1814. Ten days 
after, July 25, 1814, he was brevetted Colonel, for " distinguished valor" in 
the battle of Niagara. He was brevetted Brigadier-General July 25, 1824. 
In 18S0, Gen. McNeil retired from the service, and was appointed Sur- 
veyor of the port of Boston by General Jackson. He held this office till 
his death. He died at Washington, February 23, 1850, in the 66th year 
of his aire. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



119 



The Troops posted on Connecticut River. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Benjamin Bellows, Lieutenant 13 

riiiiioas Stevens, Sergeant !3 

Jesse Kicliardson isentinel 2 

James llewey 

Henry Hewey 

John Ciimmings 

Amos Kenney 

Henry Hill 

Joseph Kichardson 

James I'age 

John Lovell, Jr 

Samuel Parker, Jr 

Timothy Beadle 

John Jlartiii 

Samuel Stearns, Jr 

James l-roneh 

James Whiting 

Amos Whiting 

James Hill 

Jonathan Hubbard 

Caleb Willard 

John Cummings, Jr 




£&\ 14 9 



Subsisting the above men 1751 days, at Is. 3rf. per day, 



Deduct from each officer and soldier of the above muster-roll, 
wages and billeting, 5 d. alter ye 9th of November, 138 daya, 



Ammunition, 



£93 4 3 



£174 19 
109 4 9 



£284 3 9 
27 9 2 



£256 14 7 
7 



£26314 



120 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MBN'S MAMES. 



Quality. 

Wages pr 
month. 


Time of 
entrance. 


<«5 

O w 

%"i 

pa 


?6 
'■S.H 


c tj; 

J=_e5 



Josiah Willard, 
Samuel Tompson, 
Elijah Alexander, 
Asa Grant, 
Christop'r Grant, 
Benja. ]\looro, 
Ichabod Fisher, 
Obadiah Wells, 
Benjamin Little, 
Niit'h. Heath, 
Caleb Heath, 
Ephraim Perry, 
John Stevens, 
Jona. Atwood, 
Wait Stevens, Jr., 
Eben'r Fellows, 
Joseph Lancaster, 
Benj. Griffin, 
Jona. Clough, 
Thomas French, 
Jona. Flood, 
Samuel Mi^rcb, 
Joseph Brown, 
Gideon Webster, 
Wm. Stevens, 
John Heath, 



Lieui. 


'6 10 10 


Sept ly 


JNov. 1-J 


04 


8 


Serg't 


3 


13 


19 


68 


7 5 10 


Cent. 


2 15 


18 


15 


59 


5 16 






18 


19 


63 


6 13 9 






18 


19 


63 


613 9 






18 


15 


59 


5 16 






18 


15 


59 


5 16 9 






13 


19 


68 


613 9 






18 


19 


68 


613 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 






13 


19 


68 


6 13 7 




13 


Oct. 7 


25 


2 9 3 






Oct. 8| 


Nov. 19 


43 


4 4 6 



7 65 2 1 



60 2 3 



40 18 



1659 165 6 165 6 
Subsisting the above men 1659 days at Is. Zd. per day, £103 13 9 

£26819 9 
Deduct from each officer and soldier in the above muster-roll the 
wages and billeting after the 9th of November, 234 days, my 
services not cast in, 37 120 



Ammunition, 



Errors excepted in casting. 



£231 1 9 
670 

£237 8 9 

Joseph Blanchard. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 



In the House of Representatives, December 21, 1754, 
Joseph Blanchard, Esq., made oath that the foregoing is 
a true muster-roll. 

Attest: Matthew Livermoke, Clerk. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 121 

The amount of the muster-rolls brought forward. 

£ s. d. 

The amount of Major GofFe's muster-roll, 585 1 8 
The amount of Major Bellows' muster-roll, 263 14 7 
The amount of Col. Willard's muster-roll, 237 8 9 



£1086 5 
Allowed Col. Blanchard for his trouble in 
making up muster-roll, receiving the 
mone}- and paying the men, nothing to be 
taken from ye men for ye same, 10 

£1096 5 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 6, 1755. 

Voted, That these three muster-rolls, sworn to by Joseph 
Blanchard, Esq., amounting to one thousand and ninety- 
six pounds five shillings, for wages, billeting, ammunition 
and Col. Blanchard's allowance, be allowed and paid out 
of the money in the treasury for that end. 

Henry Sherburne, Jr., Clerk p^o tcm. 

In Council, July 8, 1755 : 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Eodem Die — 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 

As before suggested, the scout under Major Goft'e went to 
Stevenstown, in pursuit of the Indians who had made an 
attack at that place. This pursuit was in vain, and his 
men did duty at the various garrisons in the Merrimack 
valley until late in the fall, and were discharged the 16th 
of November. 

The detachment under Major Bellows doubtless did 
duty at Walpole and the fort at Number Four, now 
Charlestown ; and that under Col. Willard in the neigh- 
borhood of Keene and Fort Dummer, the former be- 
ing known as Upper Ashuelot. These forts were within 
the limits of New-Hampshire, and should have been main- 



122 ■ adjutant-general's report. 

tained by this Province after 1740, when the lines were 
established. But the valley of the Connecticut having 
been settled by Massachusetts, the Assembly of New- 
Hampshire was quite willing that Massachusetts should 
protect her own people, and hence thej^ had usually pleaded 
poverty as an excuse for not maintaining these forts. But 
at this time things had taken a ditierent turn. It was 
known that Gov. Shirley, of Massachusetts, had requested 
the interference of the king in the matter, and it was 
thought proper to at least send troops into the valley of 
the Connecticut, 'if the forts there were left to the care of 
Massachusetts. Beside, Massachusetts claimed that if she 
supported these forts she ought to be remunerated by the 
king, by a grant of land in the neighborhood of these 
forts ; and it was feared by our people that she might carry 
her claim. That these fears were not groundless will ap- 
pear from the following order of the King and Council : 

"At the Court at Kensington, the 6th day of September, 
1744: 
Present : The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. 

Whereas, William Shirley, Esq., His Majesty's Gov- 
ernor of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, hath, by 
his letters to the Lord President of the Council, and to the 
Duke of Newcastle, one of His Majesty's principal Secre- 
taries of State, which have been laid before His Majesty 
at this board, complained of His Majesty's Province of 
New-Hampshire for neglecting to take possession of, and 
to provide for a fort called Fort Dummer, which was built 
by the Massachusetts government about twenty years since, 
upon the western frontiers of that Province, and been 
hitherto garrisoned hy them, but is lately fallen within the 
limits of the said Province of New-Hampshire, by the 
settlement of the boundary line between the two Provinc- 
es, and which fort is represented by the said governor to be 
at this time of very great consequence to all His Majesty's 
subjects in those parts, in regard it is situated within three 
or four days' march at farthest from a very stro'ng fort, built 
within these few years by the French at Crown Point, which 
will be a place of constant retreat and resort for the French 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1023 TO 1861. 123 

and Indians in all their expeditions against the English 
settlements ; and therefore requesting that His Majesty 
will he graciously pleased to give such direction in rela- 
tion thereto as may prevent the said fort from falling 
into the hands of the enemy : The Massachusetts Gov- 
ernment, not thinking themselves ohliged to provide for a 
fort which no longer belongs to them: — His Majesty, in 
Council this day, took the same into consideration, together 
with a report made thereupon by the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Council, and hath been thereupon please^d to 
order that the said fort, and garrison thereof, should be 
supported and maintained, and that the Governor or Com- 
mander-in-Chief of New-Hampshire should forthwith move 
the Assembly, in His Majesty's name, to make a proper 
provision for that service, and at the same time inform 
them that in case they refuse to comply with so reasonable 
and necessary a proposal. His Majesty will iind himself 
under a necessity of restoring that fort, with a proper dis- 
trict contiguous thereto, to the Massachusetts Bay, who 
can not with justice be required to maintain a fort no lon- 
ger within their boundaries; and that the said Governor 
should transmit to His Majesty at this board, with all 
convenient speed, an account of his proceedings, together 
with the final resolution of the Assembly thereupon. But 
His Majest}', considering the importance of the said fort, 
and the great mischiefs that may happen to liis subjects in 
those parts, in case the same should in the mean time fall 
into the hands of the enemy, doth therefore think it proper 
hereby to order and require the Governor of the Massa- 
chusetts Bay to represent to the Assembly of that Prov- 
ince the necessity of continuing to provide for the security 
of FortDummer until a final answer can be obtained from 
New-Hampshire, and His Majesty's pleasure be farther 
signified herein." 

After this order, the General Court of Massachusetts 
voted to maintain these forts for three months, and they 
continued to garrison them till the Spring of 1755, when 
they were made places of rendezvous by the British Gen- 
erals — Number Four, especially — and passed under the 



124 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



royal control. After the close of " The Seven Years' 
"War," in 1760, these forts were not repaired, and soon 
went to decay. 

At this time a garrison was kept at Buck Street -(in 
Pembroke), under the command of Capt. Thomas Lucas, 
as appears by the following roll : 

A Muster-Boll of men posted at Buck-street, under command 
of Thomas Lucas, for sixteen days. 



MEN'8 KAMES. 



Thomas Lucas, Capt. 
Joseph Gale, Sentinel 
Thomas Lucas, Jr., " 
Jonathan Ingalls, " 
Thomas Thompson, " 
John Fuller, " 



Subsistence 96 days, of one man, at Is. 3rf., 



a; 








s 


a 


.5 5P 

Q 2 


O K 


£ s 


c o a 


K 


o 


^^ 


< is 
£s.d. 








Aug. 28 


Sept. 13 


16 


3 10 


2 


28 


13 


16 


2 15 


1 11 4 


28 


13 


16 


2 15 


1 11 4 


28 


13 


16 


2 15 


1 11 4 


28 


13 


16 


2 15 


1 n 4 


28 


13 


16 


2 15 


1 11 4 



1 3 
1 3 
1 3 
1 3 
1 3 
1 3 



;£9 16 8 7 
7 6 
6 


£16 


4 



Thomas Lucas billeted said men, except Joseph Gale, who billeted himself. 
The above is a true muster-roll of men posted at Backstreet- under my command. 

Thomas Lucas. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

Nov, 29, 1754. Then Thomas Lucas made oath to the 
truth of the above muster-roll, and that the men were in 
actual service the number of days affixed to their names. 
Before me, 

Peter Gilman, Justice of Peace. 

PROVINCE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Re-presentatives, Jan. 6, 1755. 

Voted, That the muster-roll of Thomas Lucas, for him- 
self and five men, amounting to sixteen pounds four shil- 
lings, be allowed and paid out. of the money in the treasu- 
ry for that end. 

IIenry Sherburne, Jr., Clerk pro few. 

In Council, July 8, 1755 : 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

Eodeni Die — Consented to : 

B. Wentworth. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1C23 TO 1861. 



125 



On the first of September the force posted at the gar- 
rison in i^ottingham (Longfellow's) was as follows: 

A 31uster-Roll of men posted at Nottmgham^ under the com- 
mand of Robert Kimball. 





1 |No. 


Wages 


Amount 




MEN'S NAMES. 


Entrance. Discharge, of 


per 


of 


Amm'n 




1 days 


month. 


wages. 




J 


1 1 


£ s 


£ s d 


s d 


T Robert Kimball. ComY, 


Sept. 6 Sept. 20' 14 


3 10 


1 15 


1 3 


" John liiillaiid, Sentiuel, 


6 20 14 


2 15 


17 6 


1 3 


Jolin Kdgerly, 


6; 20 14 




1 7 6 


1 3 


Daniel Leavitt, 


6 20 14 




17 6 


1 3 


Joseph Leavitt, 


6i 20 14 




1 7 6 


1 3 


Samuel Sinclair, 


6 20 14 




1 7 6 


1 3 


James Piper, 


6 20 14 




17 6 


1 3 


Edward Williams, 


6 20: 14 




17 6 


1 3 


Jacob Thompson, 


6 20 14 




1 7 6 


1 3 


Edward Smith, 


6. 20, 14 




17 6 


1 3 



£U 



2 6 
12 6 



12 6 



£14 15 
The above is a true muster-roll of men posted at Nottingham, under my command. 

. RoBKRT Kimball. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-nAMPSHIRE. 

November 29, 1754. Then Robert Kimball made oath p^ 
to the truth of the above muster-roll, and that the men 
were in actual service the number of days affixed to their 
names. 

-Before me, 

Peter Gilman, Justice Peace. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Jan. 6, 1755. 

Voted^ That the muster-roll of Robert Kimball, for him- 
self and nine men, amounting to fourteen pounds and 
fifteen shillings, for wages and ammunition, be allowed 
and paid out of the money in the public treasury for that 

end. 

Henry Sherburne, Jr., Clerk pro tcm. 

In Council, January 8th, 1755. 
Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
Eodem Die — , 

Consented to : 

B. Wentworth. 



126 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



About the same time a scout was at Rumford, scouting 
and guarding, under command of Capt. Jolni Chandler. 
His roll was thus : 

Muster -Roll of a Company of men in His Mnjesly's service^ 
under the command of John Chandler, Anno 1754. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


Wages per 
day. 


Entrance. 


Discharge 


Time in 
service. 


Bal. due 
each 
man. 


John Chandler, Capt 


s. d.far. 
2 lU i- 
1 11 2 
1 11 2 
1 11 2 
1 11 2 
1 Jl 2 
1 11 2 
1 Jl 2 
1 11 2 
1 11 2 


Sept. 


8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 


Sept. 


17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 


Aug. 8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 


£ s. d. 
1 2 10 


Obadiah Maxfield, 8ent 


15 8 


Phiiieas Virgin, " 


15 8 


Mcise-i Fjastnian, *' 


15 8 


Edward Abbott, Jr., " 


15 8 


Jacob Potter, " 


15 8 


JUDavid Kimball, " 


15 8 


John Hoyt, " 

Jona. Fifiold, " 

Thomas Merrill, " 


15 8 
15 8 
15 8 



Subsisting the above men, at l.v. Zd. per day, 
Subsisting the above men with ammunition, 



Portsmouth, Feb. 29, 1756. 

Sworn to in the House : 



£8 3 10 

5 

7 6 

£13 11 4 

John Chandler. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Feb. 24, 1756. 

Voted, That the above muster-roll, amounting to thir- 
teen pounds eleven shillings and four pence, be allowed 
and paid out of the monej' that, may be in the treasury for 
the frontier. Andrew Clarkson, Clerk j^^^o tern.. 

In Council : Eodem Die — 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 
In Council, Feb. 25, 1756 : 

Consented to : . B. Wentworth. 

About the same time a scout was ordered to march for 
the defense of Epsora, under Capt. Joseph Bickford, of 
Durham, where the enemy was discovered lurking around. 
This scout was as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



127 



A Muster- Roll of men in the service of the Province of New- 
Hampshire, under the command of Joseph Bickford, for the 
defense of Epsom. 



men's names. 



Joseph Bickford, Com. 
John Randall, Sent., .. 

Ed. Spendergrass, 

Benja. Hall 

Gideon Leighton, 

Joseph Doe, 

Sam'l Bickford, 

John Glover, 



Forantimunition to each man. Is. Zd. 
For billeting 120 daj's, at Is. 3c?. per day, 







aJ 1 t„ a; 


in 


S £ 


a 


a 


o » 


03 


^'S « 






a: > 


.a . 


^-a 






.5S 


.2 ii 


£. s. 




K 


^ 


Q 






Days 




3 
2 15 


Durham 
Dover. 


Sept. I 


lb 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
16 
15 


Sept. 24 



s. d. 

12 2 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 

9 6 



120 



£11 18 8 

10 

7 10 



Errors excepted. 



Per 



£19 18 8 
Joseph Bickford. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, Dec. 4, 1754, Joseph 
Bickford made oath that the above rauster-roU is true, as 
to the number, "time of entrance, and discharge. 

Attest : Matthew Livermore, Clerk. 

PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, July the 6th, 1755. 

Voted, That this muster-roll of Joseph Bickford, for 
himself and seven men, amounting to nineteen pounds 
eighteen shillings and eight pence, for wages, billeting, 
and ammunition, be allowed and paid out of the money 
in the public treasury for that end. 

Henry Sherburne, Jr., Clerk pro tern. 

In Council, July 8, 1755 : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 

Eod'm Die — Assented to: B. Wentworth. 

In October the men posted in Longfellow's garrison, in 
Nottingham, were under the command of Joseph Kim- 
ball. His roll was thus : 



128 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster-Roll of men posted at Nottingham — Longfellow's 

Garrison. 



men's names. 



Joseph Kimball, CommSnder, 

Elisha iSanbiirn, Sentinel, 

Joshua Young, 

Samuel Pulsifer, 

Thomas Piper, 

Isaac Mason, 

James Brj'ant, 

George Dutch 

Elisha Hary, 

Kobert Holland, 



a 


6 

60 

u 

2 
"3 

Q 


a 

fl 
o t. 


i-i 

D. _ 

^1 


a be 

_ c5 

5=3 








£ s. 


£ s. d. 


Oct. 5 


Oct. 19 


14 


3 10 


1 15 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


G 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


5 


19 


14 


2 15 


1 7 6 


7 


19 


12 


2 15 


1 3 8 



s. d. 
1 3 



£13 18 8 12 6 
12 6 



£14 11 2 
The above is a true muster-roll of the men posted under my command. 

JosKPH Kimball. 

ir 
PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

November 29, 1754. 
Then Joseph Kimball made oath to the truth of the 
above muster-roll, and that the men were in actual service 
the number of days laid off against their names. 

Before me: Peter Gilman, Justice Peace. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, June 6, 1755. 

Voted, That the muster-roll of Joseph Kimball, forhim- 
self and nine men, amounting to fourteen pounds eleven 
shillings and two pence, for wages and ammunition, be al- 
lowed and paid out of the public treasury for that end. 

Henry Sherburne, Clerk 'pi'o iem. 
In Council, July, 8, 1755 : 

Read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Secretary. 
JEodem Die — 

Consented to : B. Wentworth. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 129 

111 the winter of 1755, expeditions were sent against 
the French forts DuQuesne, Niagara and Crown Point. 
New-Hampshire furnished a regiment of six hundred men 
for service against Crown Point, in readiness the first of 
April, and commanded hy CoL Joseph Blauchard.* The 
officers of this regiment were as follows : 

Joseph Blanchard, Colonel. 

Josiah Willard,t Lieut. Colonel. 

Benjamin Mathes,| Major. 

Daniel Emerson, || Chaplain. 

Anth ny Emery, T[ Chirurgeon. 

John Hale, Chirurgeon's Mate. 

Jonathan Lovewell, Commissary. 

Jonathan Hubbard, Adjutant. 

Joseph Blanchard, Jr., Surveyor. 

Jonathan Morrison, Armorer. 

Companies. 

1. 

Captain, "^ 
Lieutenant, > Tacant.** 
Ensign, J 

* Joseph Blanchard was of Dunstable, where he was born Feb. 11, 1704. 
He was a colonel in the Provincial militia, and as such had command of 
the troops stationed on the Merrimack and Connecticut rivers, in 1754. 
He was the father of Joseph Blanchard, Jr., a noted surveyor, and who, 
with the Rev. Dr. Samuel Langdon, published a map of the Province in 
1761. He accompanied his father in this expedition as survej-or. 

+ Josiah "Willard was of Keene, and was at this time lieutenant-colonel 
of the regiment of militia in that neighborhood. 

J Benjamin ^lathes was of Durhsmi, and was tne same who was captain 
of a scout in 174-5. 

II Rev. Daniel Emerson was the minister of Hollis, where he was or- 
dained April 2n, 1743. He was a graduate of Harvard College in the class 
of 1739. He died at Hollis, Sept 30, 1801, aged 85 years. 

Dr. Anthony Emery was a resident of Hampton. He graduated at 
Harvard College in 1736. He was in the Louisburg expedition, in 1745, 
and, with others, was made a grantee of the town of Andover (as a reward 
for their services in that siege), which was called Xew-Breton, from the- 
island on which Louisburg was situated. 

** The first comjiany of this regiment is left vacant on the pay-roll, 
having been detached for service as rangers, early in the campaign, and 
returned as such upon a distinct roll. The officers were Robert Rogers, 
Captain; Richard Rogers, 1st Lieutenant ; John Stark, 2d Lieutenant; 
Noah Johnson, Ensign. 

9 



130 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



2. 

John Goffe, Captain. 

Samuel Moor, Lieutenant. 

Nathaniel Martin, Ensign. 

Time of 
entry. 

Jonathan Corliss, Sergeant, April 24, 

Jonas Hastings, " 

John GofFe, Jr., " 

Thomas Merrill, Clerk, " 

Samuel Martin, Corporal, " 

John Moor, " 

Joshua Martin, " 

Benjamin Eastman, " 

Benjamin Kidder, Drummer, " 

Joseph George, Sentinel, " 

Benjamin Hadley, " 

Thomas George, " 

Israel Young, " 

Josiah Eowell, " 

John Bedell, " 

William Kelley, « 

Joseph Morrill, " 

Daniel Corliss, " 

Ebenezer Coston, 

Daniel Martin, 

Jacob Silloway, 

Stephen George, 

David Nutt, 

Robert Nutt, 

Obadiah Hawes, 

David Wilson, 

William Ford, 

Aaron Quimby, 

Nathan Howard, 

Thos. McLaughlin, 

John Littell, 

William McDugald, 

Robert Holmes, 

John Worthley, 

Benjamin Vickery, 

William Barron 



Time of 


discharge. 


October 23. 


16. 


" 23. 


U ii 


li il 


November 11. 


October 16. 



April 26, 



23. 



" 18. 

November 1. 

October 16. 
" 8 

" 23 
« 8 

23. 
" 23. 

November 11. 

October 23. 
« il 

Novemher 10. 
August 15. 

(( u 

« 17. 

II (I 

June 26. 
May 21. 
October 16. 
" 23. 



April 24, November 10. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18C1. 



131 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Nathaniel Smith, 


April 24. 


October 23. 


William Walker, 


<( 


August 18. 


David Welch, 


May 1, 


October 16. 


Caleb Dalton, 


April 24, " 23. 


James Peters, 


K 


July 6. 


Aaron Copps, 


(( 


October 23. 


Jacob Jewell, 


<l 


K <( 


Ebenezer Martin, 


i( 


« (( 


John Harwood, 


<■( 


il U 


Amariah Hildreth, 


« 


" 16. 


John Kidder, 


U 


" 23. 


John Rowell, 


(( 


July 23. 


Thomas Worthlj, 


« 26; 


, October 23. 



3. 

Peter Powers,* Captain. 
Benjamin Abbott, Lieutenant. 
William Cummings, Ensign. 

Ebenezer Lyon, Sergeant, April 24, October 14. 
David Hubbard, " " Dec. 14. 

Samuel Cummings, " " Nov. 16. 

James Colburu, Clerk, " Feb'y 25. 

* Peter Powers was of Hollis, and was the captain of a company of thirty 
men sent bj^ the Governer of New-Hampshire, in 1754, to ascertain if the 
French were building a fort at the " Upper Coos." His son, Eev. Peter 
Powers, was tlie first settled minister of " Newbury and Haverhill, Coos." 
The Rev. Grant Powers, later the minister of Haverhill, was his grandson. 
This latter gentleman, in his "Sketches of the Coos Country," attempts to 
prove that Capt. Peter Powers first explored the "Coos Country." To do 
this, he attempts to show Dr. Belknap and Col. Caleb Stark, in their state- 
ments as to this matter, both inaccurate in facts and figures. But they are 
correct both in facts and figures, as shown by collateral history and public 
documents. " Our people" went to explore the '• Coos Country" in 1752, 
and a committee appointed by our Legislature went to the " Coos Country" 
in the spring of 1753 (consisting of Zaccheus Lovewell, John Tolford and 
Caleb Page, with Ensign John Stark as pilot), to " survej' and mark a 
road." So that Capt. Peter Powers was not the first explorer of the " Coos 
Country." A report was afloat that the French were building a fort at 
the "Upper Coos," and Governor Wentworth ordered Capt. Powers to 
march to that section of country, and ascertain the fact. This was in 
June, 1754. He obeyed the order, and found that the report was un- 
founded. 



132 



adjutant-general's report. 



Time of 
clischar2:e. 



Time of 
entry. 

Jonathan Powers, Corporal, April 16, Oct, 14 

Enoch Noyes, " May 1, " 

Stephen Ilazeltine, " " " 



James Brown, 
Samuel Brown, 
James Hill, 
Peter Wheeler, 
John Martin, 
John Martin, Jr., 
James Wheeler, 
Daniel Wheeler, 
John Goodhue, 
Ebenezer Ball, 
Nathan Blanchard, 
Timothy Farley, 
Samuel Barrett, 
Josiah French, 
Moses Emerson, 
John Willoughby, 
Chris. Lovejoy, 
Isaac Stearns, 
Jacob Abbott 
Tim. Eichardson, 
Levi Powers, 
Philip Aldrich, 
Eiehard Adams, 
AVhitcomb Powers, 
Samuel Lampson, 
Mark Perkins, 
Seth Eichardson, 
•Thomas Williams, 
David Hartshorn, 
John Everden, 
Jabez Davis, 
Samuel Perham, 
Jonathan Fowler, 
John Secomb, 
Samuel Fish, 
Nath'l Town send, 
Stephen Powers, 



'' April 24, Oct. 21. 

Drummer, " Oct. 14. 
Sentinel, " Oct. 21. 



IC 


Oct. 8. 


li 


Oct. 14. 


11 


Nov. 11. 


li 


Oct. 14. 


May 1, 


u 


i( 


Oct. 22. 


(I 


Oct. 14. 


It 


Aug. 15. 


a 


Oct. 12. 


a 


Dec. 1. 


April 21 


L' " 


(I 


Nov. 25. 


ii 


Sept. 10. 


11 


Oct. 21. 


a 


<( 


May 1, 


Oct. 10. 


April 24 


, Sept. 9. 


May 1, 


Oct. 14. 


i( 


Dec. 10. 


April 24, 


, June 19. 


u 


Sept. 14. 


May 1, 


Aug. 15. 


a 


Oct. 14. 


April 24, 


Aug. 6. 


May 1, 


Oct. 14. 


April 24, 


, Aug. 6. 


u 


Oct. 14. 


May 1, 


Oct. 21. 


April 24, 


, June 1. 


ii 


Oct. 1. 


May 1, 


Nov. 4. 


April 24, 


Sept. 10. 


11 


Oct. 21. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



133 



George Lesley, Sentinel, 

Benj. Hildreth, " 

Ephraim Kellogg, " 

David Turner, " 

Robert Gordon, " 

John Flagg, " 

James Skinner, " 



Time of Time of 
entry. discharge. 

May 1, Oct 21. 

April 24, Xov. 25. 

May 10, Nov. 6. 

April 24, Oct. 21. 

May 1, Aug. 15. 

April 24, Oct. 21. 

May 1, Oct. 12. 



Thomas Tash,* Captain. 
Nehemiah Lovewell, Lieutenant 
Wilder Willard, Ensign. » 

Bryan Swanzey, Sergeant, 

Pelatiah Russell " 

Daniel Blake, " 

Daniel Evans, Clerk, 

Wm. Eastman, Corporal, 

Eleazer Bobbins, " 

Nicholas Tuttle, ' ' " 

Bartholomew Heath, " 

John Doe, Drummer, 

Nathan Doe, Sentinel. 

David Barber, " 

Daniel Doe, " 

Joseph Doe, " 

John Shepherd, " 

Dennis McLaughlin, " 

Abiather Sanborn, " 

Gershom Ash, " 

Daniel Rowell, " " " 

Timothy Davis, " " " 

Joseph Mason, " " " 

Selh Eddj-, " « « 

*Capt. Thomas Tash was of Durham. In 1757, after the massacre of 
Fort William Henry, he commanded a battalion of troops raised in New- 
Hampshire, as a reinforcement to Col. Meserve's regiment, for the defense 
of Fort Edward. He ranked as major, and his battalion was stationed at 
Number Four by the order of Gen. Webb. Tash was a colonel in the 
war of the Kevolution. After that war he moved to New-Durham, where 
he died at the age of 87 years. 



April 24, 


Oct 21. 


ii 


Nov. 1. 


May 10, 


" 13. 


" 8, 


Oct. 19. 


April 24, 


u 


a 


u 


(( 


u 


April 30, 


Nov. 27. 


- 24, 


Dec. 3. 


a 


Oct. 20. 


u 


Dec. 10. 


May 2, 


Oct. 20. 


April 24, 


a 


May 14, 


Nov. 20. 


April 24, 


Dec. 3. 


April 26, 


Oct. 20. 


April 24, 


Oct. 19. 



134 adjutant-general's report. 







Time of 


Time of 






entry. 


discharge. 


Joseph G. Caizer, Sentinel, 


April 24. 


Oct. 18. 


Paul Braekett, 


(C 


April 26, 


Nov. 1. 


Bartholomew Smarl 


■ (C 


April 27, 


Oct. 20. 


Zebulon Kenniston, 


a 


11 


il 


James Maloney, 


(C 


July 8, 


Oct. 18. 


Benjamin Ash, 


Cl 


July 8, 


Oct. 20. 


John Page, 


li 


April 24, 


Nov. 7. 


Benjamin Wells, 


11 


u 


Oct. 18. 


Ezekiel Page, 


a 


(( 


11 


John Courser, 


u 


(( 


li 


Daniel Eoberts, 


u 


11 


Oct. 27. 


John Welch, 


<i 


April 24, 


Nov. 1. 


David Quimby, 


(( 


11 


Oct. 28. 


Joseph Ordway, 


u 


11 


Oct. 18. 


Benja. Richards, 


a 


K 


11 


Philip Wells, 


u 


li 


a - 


Jacob Hancock, 


u 


11 


11 


John Coskey, 


u 


li 


11 


Paul Chase, 


u 


U 


11 


Elias Colby, 


Cl 


11 


11 


Orlando Colby, 


a 


11 


11 


Peter Dow, 


.i 


11 


u 


John Pollard, 


(( 


il 


ic 


James Philbrick, 


a 


a 


il 


John Dent, 


a 


li 


11 


Ephraim Currier, 


a 


11 


Oct. 23. 


Thomas Crawford, 


u 


u 


il 


Thomas Welch, 


ii 


il 


Nov. 21. 


Eobert York, 


u 


it 


July 21 


James Kawlings, 


u 


April 28, 


11 


Samuel Eawlings, 


11 


April 24, 


July 11 


Stoughton Tuttle, 


li 


April 26, 


<i 


Jeremiah Tebbetts, 


li 


May 1, 


July 6. 


Timothy Tebbetts, 


11 


April 24, 


(( 


James Davis, 


u 


It 


June 17 


Jonathan Davis, 


IC 


11 


i( 


Zephaniah Davis, 


11 


u 


(( 


Nathaniel Davis, 


11 


u 


11 


John CoUomer, 


11 


11 


11 


Samuel Davis, 


n 


u 


il 


James Runnels, 


u 


u 


May 2.' 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1801. 



135 



Joseph Eastman, Captain. 




Nathaniel Abbott,* Lieutenant. 




Jonathan IIublard,f 


Ensign. 






Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


David Copps, Sergeant, 


April 24, 


October 24. 


Moses Eastman,| 


u 


October 21. 


John Shack ford, 


a 


October 24, 


Nathan Morse, Clerk, 


a 


October 14. 


David Evans, Corporal, 


11 


October 24. 


Jacob Qui m by. 


<i 


October 21. 


Winthrop Carter, 


April 28, 


11 


John Blunt, 


April 24, 


October 14. 


Timothy Eastman, Sent'l, 


April 28, 


October 21. 


Joseph Eastman, 


a 


11 


Obadiah Maxfield, 


April 24, 


October 24. 


Daniel Roberts, 


u 


October 21. 


Nathan Eix, 


(( 


October 21. 


Jonathan Chase, 


li 


October 21. 


Ebenezer Copps, 


il 


October 21. 


Asa Kimball, 


a 


October 21. 


Ebenezer Virgin, 


11 


October 21. 


Ebenezer Symonds, 


u 


October 21. 


John CuUemore, 


(I 


11 


Peter Johnson, 


(( 


October 24. 


James Farnam, 


li 


October 21. 


Eob't Kennedy, Jr., 


a 


il 


David Carr, 


(( 


(I 


Samuel Towle, 


ti 


i( 


Samuel Emerson, 


(I 


Kovember 17, 


Reuben Symonds, 


il 


October 21. 



* Nathaniel Abbott was born in Haverhill, Ms., in 1696, and moved to 
Penacook with its first settlers. He was an energetic, brave man, and as 
such became lieutenant of Capt. Kichard Rogers' company in the noted 
Rangers, and was at Fort William Henry at the time of the massacre of 
1757. He had command of a scouting company in 1746. He died in 1770, 
aged 74 years. 

f Jonathan Hubbard is noted on the roll, "Never acted in the com- 
pany." He was adjutant of the regiment. 

X Moses Eastman, the youngest son of Ebenezer Eastman, the first set- 
tler of Penacook. 



136 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Obadiab Wells, Sentinel, 
Nathan Gaile, 
Jonathan Hunt, 
Daniel Hunt, 
John Elkins, 
Wm. O'Sellaway, 
Daniel Flanders, 
Jonathan Elkins, 
Judah Trumbull, 
Caleb Emery, 
Timothy Swan, 
Robert Nutt, 
John Darling, 
Andrew Bohannon, 
Henry Elkins, 
William Jackman, 
Samuel Manuel, 
Moses Manuel, 
Samuel Row, 
Thomas Row, 
Jona. O'Sellaway, 
Benjamin Lakin, 
Jonah Heath, 
Jonah Copps, 
Timothy Blake, 
Simeon Goodwin, 
John Goodwin, 
Samuel Osgood, 
Francis Doyen, 
James Dustin, 
Joseph Brown, 
Isaac Walker, 
John Fowler, 
Robert Kennedy, 
John Rowell, 
John Webster, 



Time of 


Time of 


entry. 


discharge. 


April 24. 


October 21. 


(I 


October 24, 


(C 


October 21. 


u 


a 


a 


October 23, 


a 


October 21, 



u 


October 21. 


n 


October 24, 


u 


November 17 


April 28, 


October 24. 


u 


October 14. 


u 


December 16. 


il 


October 24. 


l( 


(( 


May 5, 




a 




April 24. 





October 24. 
July 9. 
October 24. 
October 30. 
July 21. 



July 24. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



137 



6. 

John Tasker, Captain. 
Jonathan Evans, Lieutenant. 
John Titeomb, Ensign. 







Time of 


Time of 






entry. 


discharge. 


Jerre Carty, Ser 


geant. 


April 24, 


November 1 


John Bussey, 


(< 


ii 


October 15. 


Eeuben Chesley, 


(( 


ii 


October 27. 


Joseph Small, 


u 


April 30, 


u 


Joseph Ham, Coi 


'poral. 


April 24, 


November 1. 


Benj. Eichards, " 


a 


October 14. 


James Lock, ' 


( 


a 


January 23. 


Thomas Glover ' 


c 


ii 


October 23. 


Benj. Jackson, Sentinel, 


May 14, 


October 15. 


Daniel Tebbetts, 


(I 


April 24, 


October 27. 


Samuel Shepherd 




ii 


October 23. 


Samuel Eunnells 


} 


April 30, 


October 27. 


William Knight, 


ii 


May 1, 


October 15. 


Clement Denbo, 


11 


ii 


(( 


Benj. Hall, 


iC 


April 26, 


November 1. 


John Eandall, Jr. 


u 

) 


a 


August 9. 


Joseph Perkins, 


a 


April 30, 


October 27. 


James Huckins, 


a 


April 24, 


October L5. 


Eben'r Bussey, 


iC 


a 


October 21. 


Wm. Eandall, 


It 


May 1, 


October 15. 


Josiah Brown, 


(( 


May 3, 


October 21. 


Nath'l Hanson, 


(( 


April 24, 


October 27. 


Daniel Bunker, 


u 


May 6, 


June 18. 


James Maloney, 


(( 


May 7, 


July 7. 


Samuel Bussey, 


« 


April 24, 


Oct. 2L 


Joseph Smith, 


« 


April 28, 


June 21. 


Zach. Small, 


ii 


April 30, 


October 27. 


Jacob Bussey, 


a 


April 24, 


July 11. 


Eobert Merrill, 


u 


May 2, 


October L5. 


John Bunker, 


11 


May 3, 


October L5. 


Joseph Bracey, 


a 


May 1, 


October 27. 


John Laighton, 


(C 


April 24, 


August 9. 


Sam'l Drown, Jr.; 




May 1, 


June 26. 


Archibald Smith, 


(( 


April 24, 


June 18. 


Henry Hill, 


ii 


May 5, 


October 15. 


Benj. Leathers, 


u 


May 3, 


July 11. 



138 



adjutant-general's report. 







Time of 


Time of 






entry. 


discharge. 


Thos. Leathers, 


Sent'l, 


May 1, 


July 11. 


Samuel Kenney, 


u 


May 3, 


July 19. 


Samuel Young, 


« 


April 24, 


October 27. 


Eleazer Eand, 


u 


May 1, 


October 21. 


Moses Pinkhamj 


11 

1 


May 1, 


October 21. 


Morris Ellis, 


u 


April 28, 


January' 23. 


"Wra. Stanton, 


a 


April 24, 


November 1. 


Andrew Frink, 


(( 


May 10, 


October 15. 


Kich'd Goodwin, 


u 


May 10, 


June 29. 


Ephraim Alley, 


(I 


May 10, 


October 27. 


Thos. Hammak, 


(I 


April 24, 


October 15. 


Jno. Cromwell,Jr" 


May 1, 


October 15. 


Daniel Jacobs, 


11 


May 15, 


October 15. 


Thos. Garland, 


a 


April 24, 


October 15. 


Job Clements, 


(( 


April 24, 


July 31. 


Thos. Huckins, 


ic 


May 1, 


May 28. 


Benj. Ash, 


(( 


April 27, 


July 7. 


Thomas Pierce, 


u 


May 1, 


July 13. 


Jona. Merrow', 


a 


May 1, 


October 15. 


David Copps, 


(( 


April 24, 


October 27. 


Wm. Ellis, 


u 


May 6, 


October 15. 


Jona. Younjy, 


u 


May 10, 


October 27. 


Richard Ellis, 


(( 


July 30, 


October 15. 


Jno. Weymouth, 




July 13, 


October 27. 



John Moor,* Captain. 
AntonJ" Emery,f Lieutenant. 
Alexander Todd, Ensign. 

* John Moor was of Derryfield. He lived on " Cohos Brook," at what 
is now known as Goff's Falls, formerly Moore's Village. He was at 
Bunker-Hill, in command of a company from Amoskeag. He was in 
Stark's regiment, on the left, next to the Mystic, and it was his company, 
mostly, that threw up a stone walL from the rail fence to the river, as a 
sort of breast-work. In front of this wall, on the morning of the 18th ot 
June, the dead bodies of the Welch Fiisileers " laid as thick as they could 
lay," the sure work of Capt. Moore's sharp-shooters. The next day after 
the battle, Capt. Moore was promoted to the Majority, made vacant by the 
death of Major Andrev/ McClary, Major Moore retired from the army in 
consequence of ill-health, moved to Norridgewalk, Me., in 1778, where he 
died in 1809. 

f Antony Emery was also surgeon of the regiment. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



139 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Matthew Eead, Sergeant, April 28, 


October 21. 


Thomas Eead, 


u 


October 17. 


James Moor, 


u 


(( 


William Spear, 


(.i 


October 25. 


Ezekiel Steel, Corporal, 


li 


ii 


Samuel McDuffy, 


April 24, 


« 


John Rickey, 


April 28, 


« 


John Spear, 


a 


(( 


Eobert Cochran, 


« 


October 26. 


Theop. Harvey, Sentinel, 


^i 


October 21. 


Barber Lesly, 


U 


December 7. 


William Campbell, 


it 


<( 


James O'Neil, 


May 14, 


October 16. 


Eobert Tawddle, 


April 28, 


October 21. 


Eobert McCordy, 


(( 


iC 


Thomas Gregg, 


u 


October 26. 


Joshua Eawlings, 


May 28, 


October 21. 


Thomas Huckings, 


li 


u 


Eobert Edwards, 


May 14, 


u 


Edward Carnes, 


April 28, 


(( 


Alexander McClary, 


« 


i( 


Eobert Smith, 


(( 


November 28. 


David Vance, 


(( 


October 21. 


Eobert Kennedy, 


May 14, 


« 


Eobert McKean, 


u 


i( 


James Bean, 


April 24, 


October 25. 


John Cunningham, 


April 28, 


u 


Samuel Boyd, 


a 


October 21. 


John Craigj 


ii 


ii 


James Otterson, 


(( 


li 


Michael Johnson, 


<< 


It 


John Logan, 


May 14, 


December 6. 


Eobert Morrill, 


a 


October 21. 


John McKnight, 


April 24, 


October 25. 


John Welch, 


a 


October 21. 


James Legget, 


a 


August 15. 


John Mitchel, 


« 


u 


Daniel Toward, 


(( 


October 25. 


Asa Stevens, 


May 20, 


. May 28. 


Mark Carey, 


April 28, 


July 18. 



140 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



• 


Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


disclnirge. 


Samuel Miller, 


May 20, 


July 12. 


Edward Bean, 


April 24, 


July 16, 


William Kenniston, 


u 


a 


Nathaniel McKay, 


<c 


C( 


James Bay ley, 


l( 


(( 



Captain, ^ 
Lieutenant, I Vacant. * 
Ensign, j 

9. 

ISTatbaniel Folsom,f Captain. 

Jere Gilmau, Lieutenant. 

Jonathan Folsom, Ensign. 

David Page, Ensign. 

John Carty, Sergeant, April 24, October 20. 

Jona. Norris, " April 30, October 21. 

Oilman Dudley, " April 24, October 22. 

Nath'l Folsom, Jr., Clerk, April 24, October 21. 

Jacob Smith, Sen,, Sergt, April 24, October 21. 

Elias Smith, " April 24, October 21. 

Wm. Gilnian, Corporal, April 24, October 22. 

Solomon Smith, " May 7, October 13. 

Dudley Hardy, " April 24, November 9. 

Moses Gilman, " April 24, October 19. 

Wm. Moor, Drummer, April 24, October 16. 

Trueworthy Dudley, Sent., April 24, October 19. 



* The eighth company was doubtless detached from the regiment, as one 
of the companies of Eangers, and was not returned as a part of this reg- 
iment. 

f Capt. Nathaniel Folsom was of Exeter. He distinguished himself at 
the battle near Lake George. After the close of the war he was appoint- 
ed to several important offices. He was in command of the 4th Eegiment 
of New-Hampshire Militia prior to the Revolution, and after the battle of 
Lexington he was put in command of the troops from New-Hampshire, as 
Brigadier-General. Difficulties arising betwixt Gen. Folsom and Col. 
Stark, Congress settled the matter by appointing Major Sullivan Briga- 
dier of the New-Hampshire troops, thus dropping both Folsom and Stark. 
Folsom was made Major-General, however, of the New- Hampshire Militia, 
by New-Hampshire authorities, thus showing their confidence in an honora- 
ble man and brave soldier. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



141 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Josiah Wiggin, Sentinel, 


April 24, 


July 14. 


Joseph Purington, 


April 24, 


October 19. 


Benj. Kimrain, 


May 5, 


October 18. 


Moses Baker, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


John Vittura, 


May 7, 


October 11. 


Nath'l Maloon, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Ephraim Pettingill, 


May 6, 


November 9. 


Daniel Cai'ty, 


April 24, 


September 25, 


Benj. Fox, 


April 24, 


October 15. 


Eobert Cram, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Daniel Sanborn, 


April 24, 


October 14. 


Samuel Pulsiver, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Jacob Pike, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Francis Coombs, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


John Kimball, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Edward Fox, 


April 24, 


August 20. 


Samuel Webb, 


^pril 24, 


October 11. 


Tristam Sanborn, 


April 24, 


October 16. 


Jacob Hobbs, 


April 24, 


July 14. 


John Thurstin, 


April 24, 


December 9. 


Eobert Pawlings, 


April 26, 


July 14. 


John Taylor, 


April 24, 




Benj. Green, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Edward Smith, 


April 24, 


November 13, 


Benj. Bachelder, 


April 24 


October 12. 


James Piper, 


April 25, 


November 12. 


Thomas Creighton, 


April 24, 


October 28. 


John Smith, 


May 7, 


October 21. 


Joseph Leavitt, 


April 26, 


October 21. 


John Thing, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Isaac Perkins, 


April 24, 


October 28. 


Solomon Smith, Jr., 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Abraham Sheriff, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Jonathan Smith, 


May 12, 


October 16. 


Nathaniel Leavitt, 


April 30, 


July 22. 


Jeremiah Gilman, Jr., 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Dudley Becket, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Benj. Dow, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Nathaniel Kimball, 


April 24, 


October 21. 


Thomas Perkins, 


April 24, 


November 25. 



142 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Green Longfellow, Sent'], 
John Holland, 
Ebenezer Bean, 
Nicholas Dolloff, 
John Steel, 
Samuel Dudley, 
William Bachelder, 
Ambrose Hinds, 
Jacob Bridgham, 
Caleb Thurstin, 
Wra. Davis, 
Jeremiah Prescott, 
Samuel Winslow, 
Jacob Smith, Jr., 
Joseph Goodhue, 
Benj. Folsom, 
Joseph Dolloff, 
Ebenezer Hutchinson, 
Jacob Smith, 3d, 
Thomas Smith, 
David Dolloff, 
Robert Seldon, 
William Smith, 
Benj. Cass, 
Caleb Gilman, 
Joseph Scribner, 
Matthias Towle, 
Israel Smith, 

10. 



Time of 
entry. 

May 9, 
April 24, 
May 5, 
April 29, 
May 7, 
April 24. 
April 24. 
April 24. 
April 24. 
.April 24. 
May 13. 
April 24. 
May 5, 
April 24, 
May 12, 
April 24, 
j^pril 24, 
May 12, 
May 12, 
April 24, 
April 24, 
May 6, 
April 29, 
April 24, 
April 24, 
April 24, 
April 24, 
April 24, 



William Simes, Captain. 
Samuel Gerrish, Lieutenant. 
, Ensign. 



Time of 
discharge.' 

October 2L 

December 4. 

September 12. 

July 14. 

July 14. . 



October 12. 
October 15. 
October 17. 
October 29. 
November 29. 
October 5. 
October 17. 
July 14. 
July 14. 
July 14. 
October 12. 
October 17. 
October 8. 
October 16. 
November 29. 
October 21. 



Peter Pray, Sergeant, Api 


ril 24, 


October 


24. 


Richard Rogers, 




Oct6bef 


4. 


John Hanson, Sentinel, 




October 


28. 


Nicholas Miller, Corporal, 




(( 




Solomon Clark, 




October 


21. 


Thomas Laighton, 




a 




Jonathan Swan, Sentinel, 




October 


4. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 


1 1861. 




Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Benjamin Dame, Sent'l, 


April "24, 


November 22, 


Andrew Hilton, 


K 


October 4. 


Ebenezer Cuniell, Clerk, 


(( 


October 21. 


Thomas Row, Sentinel, 


CI 




Joseph Copps, 


« 


October 21. 


Joseph Heath, 


(( 


(( 


Joua. Sillaway, 


(( 


October 4. 


Moses Barnes, 


« 




Thomas Smith, 


U 


October 21. 


David Turner, 


11 


<( 


"Thomas Williams, 


u 




John Martin, 


u 




Eobert Gordon, 


It 




John Secomb, 


(( 




James Swan, 


(( 


July 21. 


Benjamin Lakin, 


u 


October 15. 


Timothy Blake, 


11 




Francis Doyen, 


u 




Daniel Alley, 


May 15, 


July 21. 


George Keazer, 


<( 


li 


John Chesley, 


<( 


11 


Jonathan Copps, 


(( 


u 


James Eaton, 


« 


(C 


Benjamin Merrow, 


« 


(( 


Elnathan Dame, 


(( 


u 


James Drisco, 


u 


June 17. 


Stephen Woods, 


April 16. 




Samuel Barrett, 


April 24. 




Shadrach Walton, 


May 15, 


October 21. 


Joseph Wormwood, 


(( 


a 


Benjamin Smart, 


a 


t( 


Solomon Davis, 


a 




Samuel Eichards, 


April 24, 


October 21. 



143 



Col. Blanchard's regiment was ordered by Gov. Went- 
worth to rendezvous at the fort iu Stevenstown, subse- 
quently Salisbury, and in that part of the town next the 
Merrimack, now constituting a part of Franklin. This 
fort had been built as a defense against the Indians, and 
was afterward known as the " Salisbury Fort." It was 



144 adjutant-general's report. 

located on the well known fiirm of Daniel Webster. So 
little was known at that time of the geography of the 
country, that the " Coos Meadows," on the Connecticut, 
above Lancaster, were supposed to be on the direct route 
from "the Salisbury Fort" to Crown Point, and Col. 
Blanchard was to march his regiment through the " Coos 
Meadows" to Crown Point. Supposing that there was to 
be opportunity for a passage of the troops, some, if not 
most of the way, by water, by means of the Merrimack, 
Connecticut and other waters, the regiment in rendezvous 
was kept busily at work building batteaux for the trans- 
portation of the troops and stores, whilst Capt. Robert 
Rogers was sent forward to the " Coos Meadows" with his 
company, to build a fort there, for the occupation of the 
regiment, and for resort in case of disaster. Capt. Rog- 
ers executed his commission, and built a fort at the junc- 
tion of the Ammonoosuc with the Connecticut, on the 
south side of the former river. This was called "Fort 
Wentworth." After Rogers' return, and the regiment 
had spent some six weeks in building batteaux that could 
not be used for want of water, Wentworth discovered his 
error, and ordered the regiment to proceed across the Prov- 
ince to " Number Four," and then to Crown Point by way 
of Albany. This fort upon the Ammonoosuc should 
have been called " Fort Folly," instead of Wentworth, as 
the fort, as well as the batteaux, never was of any use. 

After the engagement of Lake G-eorge, September 8, 
1755, reinforcements were called for, and this Province 
furnished a second regiment, of three hundred men, under 
command of Col. Peter Gilman, of Exeter. 

The officers of this res2;imeut were as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1S61. 



145 



Peter Gilraan,* Colonel. 
Samuel Prescott, Lt. Colonel. 
Andrew Todd, Major. 
Ammi Euhamah Cutter,f Surgeon. 
Ichabod Wbidden, Adjutant. 

Companies. 

1. 

Jethro Pearson, Captain. 
Nicholas Gilraan, Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Baker, Ensign. 



John Hall, Clerk, 
Samuel Sinclair, Sergeant, 
Wadleigh Crara, 
Jonathan Abross, 
Ben More Duda, Corporal, 
Christopher Tappan, 
John Bean, 
Joseph Judkins, 
James Goodwin, Sentinel, 
Jona. Smart, 
Sam'l Edgerly, 
Sam'l Judkins, 
, Chase ^yiggin, 
John Periy, 
Joseph Judkins, 
Joseph Smith, 
Ithiel Gordon, 
Joshua Young, 
Elisha Sanborn, 



Time of 

entry. 

Sept. 19 
19 


Time of 
discharge. 

Dec. 11 

1 


19 




li 


19 




14 


19 




11 


19 




14 


19 




14 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 




11 


19 


Oct. 


11 


19 




11 


19 




11 



*Col. Oilman was of Exeter. In ITo'i he was one of the commission- 
ers from New-Hampshire, stationed at Albany, to take care of the pro- 
visions, &c., forwarded by the Province for Col. Meserve's regiment from 
the Province. He was a grantee in the town of Gilmanton, granted in 
1727, and in 1773 was a brigadier-general of the militia of New-Hamp- 
shire, by appointment from Gov. Wentworth. He was too old to take an 
active part in the Revolution that followed. 

f Dr. Cutter was of Portsmouth, and a distinguished physician. Ammi 
R. Cutter was captain of a company from Maine, in the Louisburg expe- 
dition, and was probably of Kittery. He may have becu the father of 
Dr. Cutter. . 

10 



146 



adjutant-general's report. 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


dischi 


irge. 


Henry Marsh, 


Sept. 19 


Oct. 


. 13 


Nathaniel Thing, 


10 




11 


Eobert Smith, 


19 


Nov. 


30 


Samuel Edgerly, Jr., 


19 




28 


Edward Fox, 


19 




28 


Sam'l Hopkinson, 


19 




28 


Zebulon Gilman, 


19 


Dec. 


14 


William Harris, 


19 




28 


Jona. Lord, 


19 




28 


Joseph Gale, 


19 




28 


William Hoight, 


19 




28 


Ambross Hinds, 


19 




28 


Jona. Bachelder, 


19 




28 


Josiah Robinson, 


19 




28 


William Lamson, 


19 




28 


Eob't Cross, 


19 




28 


James Fulerton, 


19 




28 


John Chapman, 


19 




28 


John Mudget, 


19 




28 


John Morgan, 


19 




28 


David Danniels, 


19 




28 


Benja. York, 


19 




28 


William Gushing, 


19 




28 


Ichabod Thustyn, 


19 




28 


Sam'l Connor, 


19 




28 


Sam'l Webb, 


Oct. 10 




20 



Jonathan Tilton, Captain. 
JReuben Marstin, Lieutenant 
Wm. Brown Clough, Ensign. 

Joseph Dow, Clerk, Sept 

Benja. Bachelder, Sergeant, 
Charles Kimball, " 
Eliphalet Sanborn, " 
Eliphalet Towl, Corporal, 
John Redman, " 
Paul Greenleaf, " 
Francis Marshall, " 
Simon Maston, Sentinel, 



19 


Dec. 22 


19 


14 


19 


1 


19 


14 


19 


23 


19 


Nov. 28 


19 


Dec. 14 


19 


22 


19 


Nov. 28 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 147 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Joseph Towl, 


Sept 


. 19 


Dec. 14 


Jona. Tuck, 




19 


Jan. 26 


Jona. Philbrook, 




19 


Dec. 22 


John Blake, 




19 


14 


Sam'l Daulton, 




19 


14 


Reuben Towl, 




19 


Jan. 26 


Sam'l Towl, 




19 


8 


Nathaniel Weare, 




19 


Dec. 14 


Charles Row, 




19 


14 


Benja. Hilyard, 




19 


Feb. 17 


Benja. Prescut, 




19 


Nov. 28 


John Vittum, 


Oct. 


13 


Dec. 16 


John Flood, 


Sept. 


19 


Oct. 4 


Benja. Keniston, 




19 


13 


Elisha Thomas, 




19 


13 


Joseph Rand, 




19 


13 


Simon Page, 




19 


16 


Joseph Mardain, 




19 


16 


Barron Brown, 




19 


Dec. 1 


Curtis Been, 




19 


Feb. 7 


John Steel, 




19 


Dec. 14 


Benjamin Cram, 




19 


14 


Israel James, 




19 


Nov. 28 


Winthrop Clough, 




19 


Feb. 1 


Jacob Shaw, 




19 




Job Rowel, 




19 


Dec. 22 


John Dalton, 




19 


14 


Zack Bachelder, 




19 


14 


John Miles, 




19 




John Jennings, 




19 


Feb. 17 


Nathan Moulton, 




19 


Dec. 14 


Richard Pearsons, 




19 


Jan. 16 


Epha. Rand, 




19 


Dec. 14 


Thomas Rand, 




19 


Feb. 10 


Edward Lock, 




19 


Dec. 8 


John Chase, 




19 


Oct. 12 



148 



adjutant-general's report. 



James Todd, Captain. 
Thomas Hazleton, Lieutenant. 
William Read, Ensign. 





Time of 


Time 


of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Samuel Thompson, Clerk, 


Sept. 22 


Dec. 


13 


James Archibald, Sergeant, 


22 




13 


Jonas Clay, 


22 


'Nov. 


26 


\ Alex. Miller, 
Thomas Hiland, Corporal, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


22 




13 


John Loggan, 


22 




13 


Joseph Farmer, 


22 


Nov. 


28 


John Moor, 


22 




28 


John Wilson, Sentinel, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


William Akin, 


22 




13 


Eobert Wetherspoon, 


22 


Nov. 


28 


William Wilson, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


David Wilson, 


22 


Nov. 


28 


Daniel Clyde, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


Hugh Dunlap, 


22 




13 


Thomas Lewis, 


22 


Nov. 


28 


William Thompson, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


James Akin, 


22 




13 


Nathan Akin, 


22 


Nov. 


28 


James Adison, 


22 


Dec. 


13 


Edward Logan, 


22 




13 


Timothy Ingalls, 


22 




13 


Benjamin Batchelder, 


22 




13 


John Gage, 


22 




13 


Jonathan Worthing, 


22 




13 


James Hamilton, 


22 




13 


Robert Morrell, 


22 




13 


Eobert McCormick, 


22 




13 


Samuel Gilraore, 


22 




13 


Alexander Parker, 


22 




13 


Ephraim Butterfield, 


22 




13 


James Blodgett, 


22 




13 


Jeremiah Hill, 


22 




13 


John Foster, 


22 




13 


John Carkin, 


22 




13 


Eobert Cunningham, 


22 


Nov. 


28 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



149 





Time of 


Time 


iOf 




entry. 


discharge. 


Charles Butterfield, 


Sept. 


22 


Deci 


1 


John Brown, 




22 


Nov. 


28 


Aaron Wynian, 




22 


Dec. 


11 


Alexander Todd, 


Oct. 


16 




13 


James Wilson, 


Sept 


.22 


Oct. 


11 


David Blair, 




22 




16 


James Brodick, 




22 




16 


Jonathan 3Ialloon, 




22 




16 


Joseph Ordway, 




22 


Dec. 


1 


James Harwood, 




22 




1 


Samuel Pearl, 




22 




I 


Thomas Gregg, 




22 




1 


Eben Richardson, 




22 


IS'ov. 


10 



John Allcock, Captain. 
Jacob Baj'ley, Lieutenant 
John Moore, Ensign. 

Trueworthy Ladd, Clerk, Sept 

Jonathan Gerrish, Sergeant, 

Moses Thurstiu, 

Eobert Greenough, 

Nathan Grow, Corporal, 

William Huggius, 

James Sinclair, 

Cartee Gilman, 

Joshua Gate, Sentinel, 

Samuel Johnson, 

Jona. Haight, 

Joseph Norman, 

Philip Cromwell, 

Joseph Grant, 

Josiah Savage, 

Patrick Strafon, 

Nath'l Ham, 

William Gibbs, 

Nath'l Huggins, 

Sam'l Hardy, 

Joshua Crocket, 

Ezek'l Belknap, 



5 


Nov. 


14 


22 




1 


22 




14 


22 




28 


22 


Dec. 


14 


22 


Nov. 


28 


22 


Dec. 


14 


22 




14 


22 


Oct. 


11 


22 




12 


22 




12 


22 




12 


22 


Dec. 


1 


22 




1 


22 




1 


22 




1 


22 




I 


22 




1 


22 


Nov. 


28 


22 




28 


22 




28 


22 




28 



150 



adjutant-general's report. 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge. 


Isaac Mudget, 


SepI 


i. 22 


Nov. 28 


John Davis, 




22 


29 


John Green, 




22 


29 


Israel Tibbetts, 




22 


29 


Edward Wells, 




22 


29 


Kob't Drought, 




22 


Dee. 14 


John Leavet, 




22 


14 


Benja. Kent, 




22 


14 


Enoch Hale, 




22 


14 


Eob't Johnson, 




22 


14 


John Dennet, 




22 


14 


Giles CoUings, 




22 


14 


Sam'l Ham, 




22 


14 


Charles Johnson, 




22 


14 


Benja. Grant, 




22 


14 


John Kent, 




22 


14 


James Kelley, 




22 


14 


William Mendune, 




22 


14 


Mark Nelson, 




22 


16 


Francis Kenniston, 




22 


14 


Nathaniel Doe, 




22 




Daniel Hussey, 




22 




Sam'l Leach, 




22 


Nov. 26 


Simon Wiggin, 




22 


Jan. 3 


Moses Wiggin, 




22 


3 

» 


5. 
Paul Gerrish, Captain. 






Joshua Winget,* 


Lieutenant. 




John Drew, Bnsi^ 


?n. 






John Kelly, Clerk, 


Sept. 


19 


Dec. 11 


Samuel Heard, Sergeant, 




19 


11 


John Tibbets, 




19 


11 


Edward Grant, 




19 


Jan. 14 


Nathan Ricker, Corporal, 




19 


Dec. 14 


William Evens, 




19 


14 


James Perkins, 




19 


14 


John Nute, 




19 


14 



* Joshua Wingate was of Stratham. 
the War of the Eevolution, 



He commanded a regiment in 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 151 

Time of Time of 

entry. discharsje. 

William Watsoa, Sentinel, Sept. 19 Dec. 14 

Mark Leighton, 19 14 

Gideon Leighton, 19 14 

Solomon Clark, 19 14 

Joshua Ayers, 19 Nov. 11 

John Leighton, 19 Dec. 14 

Jonathan Merry, Jr., 19 Jan. 4 

Stephen Otis, 19 Dec. 14 

Joshua Bickford, 19 11 

John Bickford, 19 14 

William Hanson, 19 14 

John Mason, 19 11 

Ezekiel Leathers, 19 11 

Aaron Hanscomb, 19 14 

Robert Davis, 19 14 

John Mondze, 19 Jan. 3 

Isaac Snell, 19 Dec. 11 

Nathaniel Heard, 19 11 • 

James Blanchard, 19 16 

Andrew Doe, 19 Jan. 4 

Richard Plummer, 19 

Joseph Smith, 19 Dec. 14 

Solomon Davis, Oct. 3 Feb. 3 

Timothy Tibbetts, Sept. 19 Dec. 11 

Benjamin Sanborn, 19 Oct. 3 

Richard Babb, 19 11 

Hatevil Leighton, 19 11 

Robert Hussey, 19 12 

Samuel Ricker, 19 12 

Silas Tuttle, 19 12 

Eben Garland, 19 12 

George Horn, 19 12 

Ham Libbey, 19 Dec. 1 

Samuel Young, 19 1 



152 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Elisha Sweet, Captain. 
John Huntoon, Lieutenant. 
Joshua Webster, Ensign. 





Time of 


Time of 




entry. 


discharge 


Paul Sanborn, Clerk, 


S^pt. 19 


Dec. 11 


Jona. Clement, Sergeant, 


19 


12 


Hezekiah Young, 


19 


18 


Nehemiah Heath, 


19 


13 


William Clifford, Corporal, 


19 


1 


Nathaniel Dow, 


19 


1 


John Fellows, 


19 


10 


Edward Scribner, 


19 


12 


Saml Lock, Sentinel, 


19 


Oct. 11 


Thomas French, 


19 


Dec. 1 


Joseph Brown, 


19 


20 


Tristara Quimby, 


19 


10 


Simon Buswell, 


19 


10 


John Davis, 


19 


5 


Edward Eastman, 


19 


10 


John Clark, 


19 


13 


Nathaniel Etherage, 


19 


1 


Sam'l Lovering, 


19 


11 


Benja. Taylor, 


19 


11 


Stephen Young, 


19 


Nov. 26 


Joshua Atwood, 


19 


26 


Benja. Clefford, 


19 


Dec. 12 


Ido Webster, 


19 


12 


Jacob Gilman, 


19 


Oct. 6 


Sam'l Quimby, 


19 


Dec. 10 


Obadiah Clough, 


19 


14 


Jere'h Qnimbj, 


19 


10 


Benja. Huntoon, 


19 


Oct. 13 


Sherburne Sleeper, 


19 


Jan. 17 


Moses Worthen, 


19 


Dec. 11 


Seth Goodwin, 


19 


11 


James George, 


19 


11 


Amos Clark, 


19 


12 



MILITAR'S' HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 153 



John Harriman, 
Moses Guile, 
Ebenezer Johnson, 
Darby Kelly, 
Sam'I Richards, 
John Moody, 
Ezekiel Eastman, 
John Wadleigh, 
Benja. Brown, 
Paul Fifield, 
Philip Wells, 

This regiment marched to Albany by way of Number 
Four, but was in no active service, being discharged in 
December, at which time the campaign ended. 

While this expedition was being prosecuted, in the Sum- 
mer of 1755, the Indians made freqnent attacks upon our 
frontiers. They were particularly active in the Connecti- 
cut valley, and among others, Capt. James Neal was order- 
ed there in August, 1755, with a scout. His roll was as 
follows : viz, 



-1623 TO 1861. 




Time of 


Time of 


entry. 


discliarge. 


Sept. 19 


Dec. 12 


19 


10 


19 


1 


19 


11 


19 


10 


19 


Oct. 7 


19 


Dec. 10 


19 


Nov. 26 


19 


Dec. 10 


19 


10 


Oct. 12 


Nov. 26 



154 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S BEPORT. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 



Muster-Roll of a Scout employed in scouting and guarding the 
Frontiers of said Province on Connecticut Hiver, under the 
command of James Neall. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



James Neall, Capt 

Philip Johnson, Serg't,, 
Wm. Stevens, Sentinel, 

Josh ua Webster, 

Elias Parker, 

Reuben Ham, 

Jacob Eundlet, 

William Parke, 

Satchel Clark, 

Wm. Smith, 

John Stevens, 

Jona. Blaso, 

Jona. Norris, 

James Rowe, 

John McMahon, 

Moses Blake, 

Eben Putnam, 

Small Moulton, 

John Montgomery 

John Hopkins 

Prancis Orr 

Wm. Mack, 



Entry. 


Dis- 
charge. 


"Wages 
per mo. 


Time in 
service. 


Aug. 13 


Oct. 1 


4 


s. d. 
10 


TO. w. d. 
1 3 1 


13 




4 





1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




8 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




8 


7 6 


13 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




3 


7 6 


1 8 1 


18 
13 




3 
3 


7 6 
7 6 


1 3 1 


13 




8 


7 6 


1 3 1 



Whole 
wages. 

~£ s^ "d. 

8 8f 
7 2 Oil 

6 6J 

6 6| 

6 6J 

6 6| 

6 6| 

6 6J 

Qh 

6| 

6| 

6A 



6| 
6* 



6 6J 
6 6J 




Twenty-two men sworn to in the House. 
Jan. 15, 1756. Examined and allowed : 



£135 14 5 
Andrew Clarkson, Clerk, 



James Neall. 



PROVINCE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

In the House of Representatives, April 28, 1756. 

Voted, That this mnster-roll, amounting to one hundred 
and thirty-five pounds fourteen shillings and five pence, be 
allowed and paid out of the money that is or may be in 
the treasury for the defense of the frontiers. 

Andrew Clarkson, Clerk. 
In Council, April 29, 1756 : The within vote of the 
House of yesterday, read and concurred : 

Theodore Atkinson, Sec'y. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 155 

At the close of the campaign of 1755, a commission, 
composed of delegates from Massachusetts, New-York, 
Connecticut and Rhode-Island, met at Fort William Henry 
on the 25th of November, and with the field officers pres- 
ent determined that a force of seven hundred and fifty 
men should be left to garrison forts William Henry and 
Edward during the winter. Of this number New-Hamp- 
shire's quota was ninety-one — mustered as a company 
under the command of 

Robert Rogers, Captain. 

Richard Rogers, Lieutenant. 

Noah Johnson, Ensign. 
This company did duty most acceptably during the 
winter, at Fort William Henry, and were discharged June 
6, 1756. This roll was as follows : 



156 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



A Muster- Roll of the New-Hampshire Company of Men com- 
manded by Ciipt. Robert Rogers, left by order of a Council 
of War held at Lake George., in the month of November, 
1755, in connexion icith Commissioners appointed, from sev- 
eral Provinces in New-England, to garrison the Forts in the 
winter of 1755, and under the command of Col. Jonathan 
JBagley, Esq., from the 25th of November, 1755, to Jane 
6, inclusively. 



Pay due to 24 March, 1756, 



Robert Rogers, Captain, entered Nov. 25, 1755. 
Richard Rogers, Lie-ut., entered Nov. 28, 1755. 
Noah Johnson, Ensign, entered Nov. 25, 1755. 

Jas. Archibald, 1 ^ >i ^ j at «- i-rr 
J no. McCurdey, | ^^''S ^^' ^""^^'^^ ^ '^^'- ^'''^' ^^- 
James McNeal, 



Pay due to June 6, 1756, ■! 

Pay due to April 1, 1756, | ^^^JJJ^^j j^ifn^Q^^^ } Corp'ls, entered Nov. 5, 1755, 



men's names. 



Time What pay 

of per mo. 

serving, old teuor. 



Bounty 
and wages, 
old tenor. 


Time 

of 

discharge. 


15 


June 6 


15 
15 


April 1 
June 6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


G 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 


15 


6 



Whole 
time of 
service. 



John Michel, 

Isaac Colson, 

James Henry, 

James Clarke, 

Timothy Wodscan, 

John Wadleigh,, 

Stephen Young, 

Joshua Tilvvood, 

James Aldison 

Jona. Siaway, 

John Brown 

Elisha Bennett, 

Rowling Foster, 

James Grise, 

James Morgan, 

James Welch, 

31atthew Christopher,. 

James Simonds, 

Charles Ottdley, 

John Kizer 

John Hartman, 

John Fro.st 

James Mars 

Samuel Lotch, 

David Nutt 

"William McKeen, 

Nath'l Smith, 

Philip Wills 

Wm. Cunningham, 

Wm. Aker, 

John Leit<ft, 

William Wheeler, 

Simon Tobey,* 

Benj. Squanton,* 

Piller Simpion,* 

Piller Mahanter,* 



Nov'r 



£ 

15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 0-0 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 
15 



mos. d. 
6 24 



14 
24 



6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 



24 
24 



6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 



24 

24 
24 
24 
24 



6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 

6 24 



* The last four men were Indians, and Piller is the Indian pronuncia- 
tion of Peter. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 157 

I certify that the company, in this roll named, did duty 
at Fort William Henry in the year 1755-6, as the time is 
set against each man's name under my command, and 
they were mustered, and considered in all returns and 
musters, as a New-Hampshire company; and that they 
were left by order of a council of war, held at Fort Wil- 
liam Henry in November, 1755, in conjunction with Com- 
missioners from several Provinces, as a part of the quota 
of men from the Province of New-Hampshire to garrison 
the forts on the frontier — New-Hampshire's full quota in 
proportion to the troops that they raised. That company 
was ninety-one, which I was to have with me to garrison 
Fort William Henry, but no more than what is included 
in the foregoing roll. 

Jonathan Bagley. 

This may certify that the commissioners from the sev- 
eral governments, namely : Massachusetts, New-York, 
Connecticut and Rhode-Island, w.ith the field officers then 
present, a general council of war, held at Fort William 
Henry, November 25, 1755, promised that four hundred 
and fift}' men, oflicers included, should be immediatel}' en- 
listed or drafted out of the troops then in camp, to be em- 
ployed during the winter to garrison Fort Edward and Fort 
William Henry, for which they promised both officers and 
men that their pay should be continued until they were re- 
lieved, and the commissioners further promised that they 
would la}' the affiiir before the General Assembly of the sev- 
eral governments, immediately after their return home, for 
their consideration, for the allowance of a bounty to each 
man who should then remain. The General Assembly of 
the Province of the Alassachusetts, at their then next ses- 
sion, granted each man twenty pounds old tenor, as bounty, 
and paid them their full pay until they returned home. 

Jonathan Bagley. 

Meantime Capt. Rogers received orders to repair to 
Boston, and on the 23d of March there met Gen. Shir- 
ley, who had succeeded Gen. Braddoek, and was commis- 
sioned to raise a company of Rangers as an independent 



158 abjutant-general's report. 

corps, to consist of men " accustomed to traveling and 
scouting, and in whose courage and fidelity the most im- 
plicit confidence could be placed." Returning to Fort 
William Henry, he soon recruited his company. This 
company was officered by the same men as the first com- 
pany of Blanchard's New-Hampshire regiment, and the 
men were mainly of his old company. 
The officers were — 

Robert Rogers, Captain. 
Richard Rogers, First Lieutenant. 
John Stark, Second Lieutenant. 
Noah Johnson, Ensign. 

The company consisted of sixty privates. This was 
the nucleus of the famous "Rogers' Rangers." 

In July following, the corps of Rangers was increased 
by the addition of a second company, officered as fol- 
lows : 

Richard Rogers, Captain. 
Noah Johnson, First Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel Abbott, Second Lieutenant. 
Caleb Page, Ensign. 

These were all of New-Hampshire, and the men were 
mainly of this Province. 

Rogers' original company of Rangers was then officered 
as follows : 

Robert Rogers, Captain. 
John Stark, First Lieutenant. 
John McCurdy, Second Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Burbank, Ensign. 

About the first of December, 1756, the corps of Ran- 
gers "was augmented by two more companies, officered in 
part as follows : 

Hobbs, Captain. 

Bulkley, Lieutenant. 

Spikeman, Captain. 

Kennedy, Lieutenant. 

Brewer, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 159 

In tlie Spring of 1759 a new company of Rangers was 
formed, of troops from New-Jersey, under the command 
of Capt. Burgin. 

On the 21st of January, 1757, the Rangers were 
repulsed with loss near Ticonderoga. Capt. Spikeman, 
Lieut. Kaiined}^, of his company, and Ensign Caleb Page, 
of Richard Rogers' company, were killed, and eleven pri- 
vates. Six were wounded and six taken prisoners. 

Lieut. John Stark was made captain of Spikeman's 
company, James Rogers lieutenant of the same company, 
and Joshua Martin ensign of Richard Rogers' company. 

The companies of Rangers were now augmented to one 
hundred men each. On the 11th of January, 1758, Lord 
Loudon gave Capt. Rogers orders to increase the corps of 
Rangers by the addition of tive companies. By the 4th 
of March following the levy Avas completed, one company 
being raised among the Lidians of Connecticut, and the 
other four came from New-England. William Stark was 
appointed captain of one of these. Capt. Rogers subse- 
quQutly was promoted to a Majority, and had command of 
this famous corps. A large portion of it was from this 
Province, and it is to be regretted that nothing but a few 
fragments remain of the rolls of these energetic and brave 
men. 

For " the expedition against Crown Point," of 1756, this 
Province raised a regiment of seven hundred men, under 
the command of Cob Nathaniel Meserve, of Portsmouth. 
Its officers were — 

Nathaniel Meserve, ColoneL 

John Hart, Lieut-Colonel. 

John Gotfe, Major. 

Josiah Bayley, Chaplain. 

Ammi R. Cutter, Surgeon. 

Cheney Smith, Surgeon's Mate. 

George King, Commissary. 

Joseph Young, Armorer. 

Nathaniel Perkins, Armorer's Mate. 

Amos Dwinnell, Hospital Commissary. 



160 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Companies. 



John Shepherd, Captain. 
John Spear, Lieutenant. 
Alexander Todd, Ensign. 



Ti 


me of entry. 


Time of clischarge. 




1756. 


1756. 


Bryan Tweny, Sergeant, 


May 12 


Dec. 21 


Moses Kelsey, 


1 


21 


Henry Flill, 


12 


21 


Clement Denbo, 


12 


21 


Ebenezer Leathers, Drummer, 


1 


21 


Robert Canady, Corporal, 


12 


21 


Daniel Murphy, 


1 


Oct. 13 . 


Daniel Moore, 


12 


Nov. 16 


James Moloney, 


12 


21 


William Randell, Private, 


12 


Oct. 13 


Samuel Reynolds, 


12 


Nov. 21 


John Ryns, 


1 


21 


Benjamin Hale, 


12 


Oct. 13 . 


Jonathan Davis, 


1 


Nov. 21 


John Follett, 


1 


21 


Mason Randell, 


1 


Oct. 13 


Andrew Carter, 


1 


Nov. 21 


John Welch, 


12 




Samuel Hale, 


1 


Oct. 21 


Joseph Small, 


12 


13 


Francis Elliott, 


1 


13 


John MclMahone, 


1 


Nov. 25 


John Moloney, 


1 


22 


Samuel Kenniston, 


12 


21 


Ezekiel Steel, 


12 


21 


Daniel Elliott, 


12 


10 


John Carr, 


1 


21 


John Caldwell, 


1 


21 


Jesse McFarland, 


1 


16 


John Richey, 


1 


Oct. 12 


John McColley, 


1 


Nov. 21 


James Leget, 


12 


8 



MILITARY HISTORY 


—1623 


TO 18 


61. 




( 


Time of 


■ entry. 


Time of. 


clisct 




1756. 


1756. 


John Cunningham, 


May 


12 


Nov. 


21 


William McMaster, 




1 




21 


— William Williams, 




1 


Oct. 


8 


Benjamin Carpenter, 




1 






Benjamin Mooney, 




1 


Nov. 


15 


Robert Mason, 




1 






Arthur Boyd, 




1 






Richard Childs, 




12 






George Barns, 




1 






Isaac Small, 




12 






Robert Canady, Sergeant, 




12 






Samuel Denbo, Private, 




12 






John Nutt, 




12 






Benjamin Nutt, 




12 






Robert Gorden, 




12 






William Ryans, 




12 






John Randall, 




12 


Oct. 


12 


Ichabod Hill, 




1 


Nov. 


10 



161 



2. 

Abraham Perry, Captain. 
Philip Johnson, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Gilman, Ensign. 

Enoch Coffin, Clerk, May 10 Dec. 21 

Nathaniel Grow, Sergeant, 12 

Thomas Piper, 12 21 

Daniel Kelley, • 12 Oct. 24 

James Mastens, Corporal, 12 19 

John Malloone, 1 Nov. 15 

Benja. Smart, 12 Oct. 19 

Charles Role, 12 Nov. 15 

John Clark, Drummer, 1 15 

Edward Lowell, Private, 3 Oct. 19 

Ephraira Terry, 12 24 

John Bean, Jun., 1 Nov. 6 

Philip Davis, 14 Oct. 15 

John Doe, 12 
11 



162 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discbarge. 





1756. 


17t 


36. 


Daniel Rowell, 


May 12 


Nov. 


21 


John Sinclair, 


1 




21 


John Blaiso, 


1 


Oct. 


19 


John Magoone, 


1 




15 


John Jones, 


12 


Nov. 


21 


Thomas Crawford, Jun., 


1 


Oct. 


24 


Israel Facrow, 


1 


Nov. 


6 


Jona. Bacheldor, 


12 


Oct. 


15 


William Bacheldor, 


1 


Nov. 


14 


John Taylor, 


1 






Jeremiah Taylor, 


1 




21 


Edward Presby, 


1 




21 


Samuel Johnson, 


1 




21 


James Row, 


1 


Oct. 


19 


Lazarus Row, 


1 




15 


Darby Sullivan, 


12 


Nov. 


10 


Daniel Murphy, 


12 


Oct. 


14 


Francis Towle, 


12 


Nov. 


10 


John James, 


12 




10 


Robert Rawlings, 


12 




6 


William Foss, 


1 


Oct. 


15 


Abiathar Sanborn, 


12 


Nov. 


6 


Nathaniel Kenniston, 


1 


Oct. 


19 


Edward Fox, 


12 




15 


Benja. Daniels, 


12 




19 


John Rawlings, 


1 


Nov. 


5 


George Madden, 


1 


Oct. 


24 


Elnathan Dam, 


1 






Thomas Iluchings, 


12 






Robert Nutt, 


1 






James Kimball, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Thomas Haight, 


1 






Samuel Davis, 


1 






James Mercer, 


1 







MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



163 



3. 

Isaac Smith, Captain. 
John Allcock, Lieutenant. 
John Allcock, Captain. 
Thomas Gage, Lieutenant. 
William Smith, Ensign. 





Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 




1756. 


1756. 


John Wells, Sergeant, 


May 12 


Nov. 21 


Giles Collins, 


12 


Oct. 13 


EHphalet Quimbj, 


1 


July 19 


Joseph Judkin, 


12 


Oct. 13 


Henry Marsh, Corporal, 


12 


13 


George Roberts, 


' 1 


12 


Joshua Young, 


12 


28 


Edward Welch, Drummer, 


1 


Nov. 17 


Moses Blake, Private, 


1 




John Abbott, 


1 


Oct. 28 


Cornelius Been, 


1 


18 


Edward Critchet, 


1 


13 


Paul Chase, 


12 




John Darling, 


12 


Nov. 21 


Benj. Darling, 


1 


11 


Joseph Dudley, 


12 




Eben. Hutchins, 


12 




Jos. Kenniston, 


1 


11 


Joseph Leavitt, 


12 


11 


Daniel McPherson, 


12 




John Pollard, 


1 


Oct. 28 


Sam'l Pulsepher, 


12 


Nov. 21 


John Sulloway, 


1 


Oct. 8 


Benj. Roberts, 


1 


Nov. 21 


Daniel Smith, 


1 


Oct. 13 


John Sargent, 


1 


Sept. 21 


Edward Willing, 


1 




David Flanders, 


1 


Sept. 21 


Benj. Rogers, 


1 




Robert Drought, 


1 


Oct. 13 


William Drought, 


1 


13 



164 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge, 



Sam'l Dyer, 
Alexander Trickey, 
William Gibbs, 
Sam'l Koe, 


1756. 

May 1 

1 

12 

12 


1756. 

Nov. 16 

5 

Oct. 13 

13 


Edmund Stevens, 


12 


Nov. 17 


Ezekiel Leathers, 


12 


Oct. 28 


John Smith, 


1 




Thomas Jones, 
James Wherren, 


1 
1 


Nov. 17 


Henry Benson, 
John Libby, 
Nathaniel Smith, < 


1 
1 
1 


Nov. 13 


John Webster, 
Moses Cass, 
David Welch, 


1 

1 

12 


Sept. 21 


Joshua Webster, 


12 


Oct. 8 


Caleb Smith, 

John Waldron Smith, 


1 

1 


Nov. 21 
21 



Nathaniel Doe, Captain. 
Samuel Doe, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Morgan, Ensign. 



Francis Coats, Clerk, 


May 1 


Nov. 


21 


James Goodwin, Sergeant, 


12 




21 


James Rawlings, 


12 


Oct. 


13 


Hezekiah Marsh, 


1 


Nov. 


19 


Solomon Smith, Corporal, 


12 


Oct. 


13 


Benja. York, 


12 


Nov. 


14 


Daniel Mason, 


1 




14 


Thomas George, 


1 




14 


John Willey, Drummer, 


12 




14 


John Chapman, Private, 


1 




8 


James Molloy, 


1 




21 


Nathaniel Watson, 


1 




14 


Jona. Chase Freeze, 


12 


Oct. 


13 


Philip Cromwell, 


12 


Nov. 


14 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 165 



Solomon Drown, 
Reuben Rand, 
Robert Elliot, 
John Bryant, 
John Palmer, 
William Watson, 
James O'Neil, 
Jona. Watson, 
David Daniels, 
John Johnson, 
James Cromwell, 
Nath'l Stevens, 
Zebulon Kenniston, 
Chase Wiggent, 
John Perry, 
Robert York, 
Thomas Row, 
Joseph Barber, 
Daniel Doe, 
Jona. Woodman, 
Edward Fox, 
Benja. York, Sen., 
Jona. Smart, 
John Mason, 
Growth Palmer, 
Benja. Dockam, 
Jer. Prescott, 
James Blagdon, 
James Stevens, 
Abra. Welmouth, 
William Sweat, 
Joseph Wormwood, 
John Barber, 



■1623 TO 1861. 


me of entry. 


Time of disch 


1756. 


1756. 


May 1 


Oct. 13 


1 


JSTov. 21 


12 




1 


Oct- 13 


1 




12 


13 


1 


Nov. 21 


1 


5 


12 


Oct. 13 


1 


Nov. 21 


1 


21 


12 


Oct. 13 


12 


13 


12 


Nov. 21 


12 


21 


12 


Oct 13 


12 


13 


1 


13 


12 


Nov. 14 


1 


21 


12 


Oct. 13 


12 


Nov. 21 


1 


Oct. 13 


12 


Nov. 21 


1 


21 


12 




1 




1 




1 




1 




1 




12 




1 


Sept. 



166 



adjutant-general's report. 



5. 

John Titcomb, Captain. 
Samuel Folsom, Lieutenant. 
William Stevens, Ensign. 

t 

Jeremiah Carty, Clerk, 

Ham Libby, Sergeant, 

William Hanson, 

Reuben Ham, 

Benjamin Jackson, Corporal, 

William Perry, 

Daniel Tibbetts, 

John Bassa, 

Benjamin Leathers, Drummer 

Josiah Brown, Private, 

Aaron Ham, 

Jacob Chamberlin, 

Simeon Pearl, 

Solomon Leighton, 

Shadrach AUard, 

Samuel Coaston, 

Isaac Hanson, 

Aaron Hanscomb, 

Nathaniel Daniels, 

Stephen Bunker, 

John Dennett, 

Samuel Davis, 

Jacob Buswell, 

Archibald Smith, 

Jacob Hassom, 

Joseph Merrow, 

Richard Martin, 

Nathaniel Adams, 

Edward Williams, 

Luke Foster, 

Prime Eugene, 

Edward Stevens, 

James Hutchins, 



me of entry. 


Time of discharge. 


1756. 


1756. 


April 12 


Nov. 26 


May 12 


21 


12 


21 


1 


20 


12 


Oct. 13 


1 


Nov. 20 


12 


Oct. 18 


12 


19 


12 


13 


12 


13 


1 


Nov. 20 


1 


16 


1 


Oct. 13 


1 


13 


4 


Nov. 4 


4 


9 


4 


21 


1 


4 


1 


Oct. 13 


1 


Nov. 5 


12 


21 


1 




12 


Oct. 13 


1 


19 


1 


30 


1 


13 


1 


Nov. 20 


1 


20 


1 


Oct. 12 


1 


Nov. 21 


1 


21 


1 


Oct. 13 


12 


12 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 167 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 



Robert Cram, 
Samuel DoUoff, 
Joseph Dolloff, 
Mathias Weeks, 
EUslia Hutchinson, 
Thomas Willey, 
Thomas Gage, 
Daniel Bunker, 
Ichabod Hill, 
John Brown, 



6. 

Lt. Col. John Hart, Captain. 
Joseph Young, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Pike, Second Lieutenant. 
William Moore, Ensign. 

Moses Thurston, Sergeant, 
James Piper, 
Solomon Smith, Jun., 
Elisha Smith, Corporal, 
John Smith, 
Thomas Perkins, 
Daniel Carty, 
Arthur Benuet, Drummer, 
Benja.'Cram, Private, 
Benja. ISTorris, 
Vollentine Clark, 
James Kelly, Private, 
James Sinclair, 
John Spriggins, 
Edward Smith, 
John Burge, 
Nathan'l Leavit, 
Moses Veazey, 
Benja. Folsom, 
Philip Harvy, 
Sam'l Qilman, 



1756. 


1756. 


May 29 
29 


Sept. 


22 
19 


19 


Oct. 


19 


29 


Nov. 


10 


29 




10 


1 


Oct. 


13 


April 15 

May 1 

1 


Aug. 

Nov. 


24 
5 


1 


Oct. 


13 



May 


1 


Oct. 


12 




1 


Nov. 


21 




12 




21 


June 


1 




21 


May 


12 




12 




12 




21 




12 


Oct. 


8 


June 


5 




13 


May 


29 


Oct. 


13 


June 


9 




8 


May 


1 




8 




12 


Nov. 


21 




12 




3 




29 




18 




29 




21 


June 


5 




2L 


May 


12 


Oct. 


13 




1 


Nov. 


12 




12 


Oct. 


12 




1 


Nov. 


12 


June 


5 


Oct. 


12 



168 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Time of entry. 1'ime of discharge. 





1756. 


1/ 


•56. 


Thomas Safford, 


May 1 


Nov. 


21 


Nicholas Pierce, 


1 




6 


David Dollof, 


12 




12 


James Sinclair, Jun., 


15 




20 


John Bovvdin, Jun., 


15 




12 


Thomas George, 


1 




12 


John Stancell, 


29 




21 


Moses Daulton, 


1 




29 


James Chase, 


1 




2 


Sam'l Hopkinson, 


1 




13 


Robert Gilman, 


1 


Nov. 


12 


Benj. Kimball, 


20 


Dec. 


25 


Thomas Gilman, 


29 


Oct. 


12 


Miles Leavitt, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Eliphalet Smith, 


1 


Nov. 


25 


Francis Tucker, 


1 


Nov. 


25 


Cuffee Noker, 


1 






Moses Kenniston. 








Joseph Tilton, 


1 






William Pert, 


1 






Walter Swain. 








Thornton Barrett, 


1 







Major John Goffe, Ca tain. 

Nathaniel Martin, 1st Lieutenant. 

Thomas Merrill, 2d Lieutenant. 

John Goife, Jr.,* Ensign. 
Samuel Martin, Sergeant, J 
Joseph Eastman, 
Ebenezer Martin, 
Thomas McLaughlin, 
John Wortly, Corporal, 
John Straw, 

* Ensign Goffe was a son of Major John Goffe, and lived and died in 
Bedford. He was called "Major John," to distinguish him from Col. 
John, his father. 



12 


Nov. 4 


12 


21 


12 


Oct. 13 


12 


Nov. 12 


12 


Oct. 30 


1 


13 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 169 

Tirae of entry. Time of discharge. 

1756. 1756. 

Jacob Jewell, May 12 Oct. 13 

Josiah Canfield, 12 Nov. 16 

Benjamin Kiddec, Drummer, 12 16 

Joseph Ordway, Private, 12 3 

Joseph George, 12 16 

Benjamin Hadley, 12 16 

William Kenniston, 12 Oct. 18 
Thomas George. 

Ebenezer Couston, 12 Nov. 16 

John McCIenlan, 12 16 

Jona. Fified, 1 Oct. 8 

James Blanchard, 12 Nov. 21 

Paul Fow er, 1 16 

Plumer Hadley, 1 16 

Peter Morse, 1 16 

John Fowler, 1 16 

Joel Mannuel, 1 9 

George Sheppard, 1 Oct. 13 

Samuel Sheppard, 1 13 

James McLaughlin, 12 29 

Ebenezer Ordway, 1 13 

Isaac Walker, 1 Nov. 9 

James Peters, 12 3 

Jacob Sawyer, 1 9 

Daniel Flanders, 12 9 

Daniel Emerson, 1 9 

William Barron, 12 9 

Timothy Barron, 1 Oct. 23 

Andrew Stone, 1 23 

Caleb Emery, 12 Nov. 3 

Zebediah Farnum, 1 16 

Luther Morgan, 1 16 
Joseph Pudney, 1 
John McLaughlin, 1 
John Kidder, 1 
Caleb Daulton, 1 



170 adjutant-general's report. 

8. 

Ezek. Worthen, Captain. 
David Page, Lieutenent. 
Ephraim Quimby, Lieutenant. 
Caleb Bennett, Ensign. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1756. 


175 


6. 


Samuel Smith, Clerk, 


May 1 


Oct. 


25 


Ward Lock, Sergeant, 


12 


Nov. 


16 


Nathan Sanborn, 


1 




21 


Dudly Hardy, 


12 




21 


Reuben Hoyt, Corporal, 


1 




21 


Jer. Connor, 


12 




16 


Wra. French, 


1 




16 


Jona. Meloon, 


12 




21 


George Berry, Drummer, 


1 


Oct. 


25 


Edward James, Private, 


12 


Nov. 


16 


Wm. Page, 


12 


Oct. 


25 


Elijah Cram, 


1 


Nov. 


16 


Benja. Fuller, 


1 




16 


Wm. Baker, 


1 




16 


Steph. Thurston, 


1 


Oct. 


25 


Sam'l Robinson, 


12 


Nov. 


21 


Timo. Blacklock, 


12 




21 


Jer. Page, 


1 






Jos. Row, Jr., 


1 




16 


Eben Brown, Jr., 


1 




16 


Jos. Pike, Jr., 


1 




16 


Michael Prescot, 


1 




16 


Andrew Gilman, 


1 


Oct. 


13 


Sam'l Holden, 


1 




13 


Moses Worthen, 


12 


Nov. 


16 


John Black, 


12 




21 


Caleb Gilman, Jr., 


12 


Oct. 


13 


Wm. Towle, 


1 


Nov. 


16 


John Page, Jr., 


1 




21 


Dan. Gilman, 


1 


Oct. 


13 


Jos. Cass, 


1 


Nov. 


16 


Jos. Avery, Jr., 


1 




16 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



171 



Time of entry. Time of discliarge. 





175 


i6. 


1756. 


Jona. Thomas, Jr., 


May 


12 


Nov. 21 


John Robinson, 




1 


16 


Jona. Smith, Jr., 




12 


21 


Nico. Gilman, Jr. 




1 


21 


John Farrar, 




1 




Shubel Sanborn, 




1 




Benja. Sanborn, 




1 


Oct. 25 


Sara'l Ring, 




1 


Nov. 16 


Abra. Fowler, 




1 


16 


Jacob Smith, 




12 


21 


Wm. Murry, 




1 


16 


Josiah George, 




1 




Jona. Thomas. 









9. 

Elisha Winslow, Captain. 
Trueworthy Ladd, Lieutenant. 
Bartholomew Heath, Ensign. 

Stephen Ladd, Sergeant, May 

William Sulloway, 

Samuel Fifield, 

Trustham Sanborn, 

Moses Pike, Corporal, 

Thomas Carty, 

Orlando Bagley, 

Daniel Gould, 

Thomas Huse, Drummer, 

Samuel Lock, Private, 

Thomas Lock, 

Daniel Fifield, 

John Clark, 

Ichabod Rowell, 

John Dent, 

Richard Sargent, 

John Ash, 

Ezra Tucker, 

Obadiah Clement, 



1 


Nov. 10 


12 


10 


1 


21 


1 


6 


1 


21 


1 


10 


12 


21 


1 


18 


1 


4 


12 




12 


10 


1 


10 


12 


21 


1 


21 


12 


21 


1 


1 


1 


1 


1 


21 


1 


2 



172 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 







1756. 


1756. 


Joseph Heath, 




Nov. 1 


May 21 


David Dow, 




1 




David Elliot, 




1 


21 


Elias Rano, 




1 


6 


Simon Beard, 




12 


1 


Eben Herriman, 




1 


21 


Benjamin Copps, 




1 


21 


Noah Emery, 




1 


21 


Davison Dudley, 




1 


6 


Stephen Dadley 




1 


6 


Samuel Scribner, 




1 




Benjamin Clifford, 




1 


21 


Elijah Pollard, 




1 




John Moody, 




12 




Jacob Oilman, 




12 


10 


John Blaisdell, 




1 


21 


Phineas Bagley, 




1 


16 


Daniel Rowell, 




1 


9 


Benjamin Page, 




1 


6 


Morris Tucker, 




1 


1 


Nehemiah Leavitt, 




1 


21 


William Young, 




12 




Darbey Kelley, 




12 


6 


David Levy, 




12 


6 


John Collins, 




1 


1 


John Marsh, Jr., 




1 


10 


Jacob Sullovvay, 




12 


10 


Robert Sheldon, . 


> 

10. 


12 




Samuel Gerrish, 


Captain, 






Andrew Gerrish, 


Lieutenant. 




Reuben Ches'ey, 


Ensign. 






Peter Pray, Sergeant. 


» 


May 12 


Nov. 5 


John Giles, 




1 


21 


James Perkins, 




12 




William Evans, 




12 


21 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 173 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1756. 


17 


56. 


Nathaniel Ricker, Corporal, 


May 12 


Nov. 


, 21 


Andrew Frink, 


12 




21 


Love Kenney, 


1 


Oct. 


8 


Philip Cromwell, 


1 




8 


Richard Godding, Drummer, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Ichabod Buswell, Private, 


1 


Pet. 


30 


^Solomon Clark, 


12 




8 


Nicholas Miller, 


12 




13 


Ephraim Alley, 


12 




12 


Jonathan Garland, 


1 






Jeremiah Tibbetts, 


12 




. 8 


Eleazer Rand, 


12 




13 


Noah Young, 


1 




13 


William Kelley, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Gershom Plummer, 


1 




11 


Benjamin Ash, 


12 


Oct. 


13 


Eben Curnel, 


12 


N(fv. 


21 


John Leighton, 


12 




21 


Thomas Leigh ton, 


12 




21 


John Field, 


1 




13 


John Cromwell, 


12 




13 


Joshua Merrow, 


1 




13 


Moses Roberts, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Daniel Cook, 


1 


Oct. 


13 


William Watson, 


12 




12 


Richard Henry Waldron, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Samuel Stevens, 


1 


Oct. 


13 


Grant Wentworth, 


1 




13 


Josh'a Moody, 


1 




13 


Andrew Mace, 


1 


Nov. 


10 


Charles Bickford, 


1 


Oct. 


19 


Timothy Tebbets, 


12 


Nov. 


21 


Paletiah Daniels, 


1 


Oct. 


13 


John Ellis, 


1 


Nov. 


21 


Samuel Young, 


12 




21 


Daniel Tibbetts, 


1 




10 


Moses Bickford, 


1 




10 


Eben Garland, 


12 




10 



174 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 







1756. 


1756. 


Moseg Ricker, 




May 1 


Nov. 


6 


Daniel Alley, 




12 






Israel Pierce, 




1 






Thomas Hammack, 




1 






Ichabod Ham, 




1 






Levi Mace, 




1 






Nicholas Harford, 




1 






Jonathan Young, 


11. 


12 


Nov. 


21 


Samuel Watts, Ca 


iptain. 








Isaac Parker, Lieutenant 


:, 






Edward Carleton, 


Ensign 


. 






Seth Pattee, Clerk, 




May 12 


Dec. 


18 


David Copp, Sergeant, 




12 


Nov. 


9 


Nathaniel Bartlett, 




15 


Dec. 


18 


Jonathan Corliss, 




12 




18 


Bartholomew Heath, Corporal, 


12 


Nov. 


9 


Jose. Noyce, 




15 


Dec. 


18 


Asa Pattee, 




13 




18 


John Hastings, 




June 5 




13 


Leonard Harriman, Private, 


May 15 


Nov. 


9 


Oliver Dow, 




15 


Dec. 


18 


Amos Dow, 




15 




18 


Thomas Sargent, 




15 




13 


Sam'l Worthen, 




15 


Nov. 


9 


Stephen Temple, 




15 


Dec. 


13 


John Clement, 




15 




4 


John Allen, 




15 




18 


James Philbrick, 




12 




18 


Ezekiel Belknap, 




12 




18 


Simeon Stevens, 




16 




18 


Michael Johnson, 




12 




18 


Robert Johnson, 




12 




18 


Daniel Stevens, 




15 




18 


Benja. Heath, 




15 




18 


Osgood Eaton, 




15 




18 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 




Time of entrj-. 


Time of dischi 




1756. 


1756. 


Simeon Goodwin, 


May 16 


Dec. 18 


David Hadlej, 


16 


18 


Jos. Gove, 


16 


18 


David Currier, 


16 


18 


Zebulon Ladd, 


15 


18 


James Clement, 


15 


18 


Enoch Page, 


15 


18 


John Kent, 


12 


18 


Wm. Heath, 


12 


18 


Zebediah Heath, 


15 


18 


Samuel Heath, 


15 


9 


Josiah Heath, 


15 


Dec. 18 


David Emerson, 


15 


18 


George Kezer, 


18 


.18 


Asahel Herriman, 


15 


18 


John Welch, 


12 


Nov. 18 


Moors Corliss, 


15 


Dec. 18 


Richard Dustin, 


15 


Nov. 21 


Robert Twadwell, 


12 


Dec. 18 


James Hadlej, 


18 


Nov. 24- 


Wm. Heath, Jr. 


15 


Dec. 18 


Andrew Gardner, Jr., 


12 


13 


James Scott, 


June 5 


13 


Fairbank Moor, 


5 


13 


Michael Gilson, 


May 12 


13 


Aaron Hosmer, 


13 


13 


Jacob Sertwell, 


12 


13 


Daniel Warner, 


12 


13 


Daniel Katham, 


June 5 


13 


Jona. Blanchard, 


5 


13 


Eleazer Farwell, 


5 


13 


John Goodwin, 


May 16 


18 


Edmund Colby, 


15 


18 



175 



To this Regiment was attached a company of wagoners 
and batteaux men, under command of Capt. Jobu Gid- 



dings. The roll was as follows : 



176 adjutant-general's report. 

12. 

John Giddings, Captain. 
John Tibbetts, Sergeant. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1756. 


17; 


50. 


John Hall, Carpenter, 


May 4 


Oct. 


27 


Jonathan Young, 


4 




27 


Gilman Dudley, 


12 




27 


True Dudley, 


12 




27 


Steven Fogg, Private, 


4 




27 


Zebnlon Gilman, 


12 


. 


27 


Dudley Brackett, 


12 




27 


Coffin Thing, 


4 




27 


Govin Hempstill, 


4 




27 


Joseph Akers, 


4 




27 


Thomas Parker, 


4 




27 


Jere. Gilman, 


12 




27 


Samuel "Webb, 


12 


Dec, 


22 


Benj. Fox, 


12 


Oct. 


27 


Hugh Johnson, 


4 




27 


Nicholas Candy, 


4 




27 


Jonathan Connor, 


4 




27 


John Young, 


4 




27 


John Primas, 


4 




27 


Cheny Acco, 


4 




27 



In the Fall of 1756, a reinforcement to the array was 
called for, and Capt. John Gilman marched, with a com- 
pany of seventy-three men, to join Col. Meserve's regi- 
ment. They were out but about two weeks, v/hen the 
campaign ended. Capt. Gilman's roll was as follows : 



John Gilman, Captain. 








Simon Pottle, Sergeant, 


Oct. 


13 


Oct. 20 


Benjamin Abbott, Private , 




13 


20 


Abraham Kenniston, 




13 


20 


Sam'l Pottle, 




13 


20 


Elias Parker, 




13 


20 



Daniel Allen, 13 20 



MILITARY 


HISTORY— 


-1623 TO 181 


31. 177 


• 


Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 






1756. 


1756. 


Peter Cow, 




Oct. 13 


Oct. 20 


James Titcomb, 




13 


20 


Wm. Rackly, 




13 


20 


Wm. Tucker, 




13 


•20 


Joseph Benson, 




13 


20 


Simon Tattle, 




12 


20 


Benj. Bickford, 




12 


20 


Jacob Grummet, 




12 


20 


John Clement, 




12 


20- 


Wm. Lindsey, 




12 


20 


Josiali Johnson, 




12 


20 


Wm. Davis, 




18 


20 


David Sanborn, Jr., 


Sergeant, 


12 


20 


Henry Dearborn, Private, 


12 


20 


Abraham SheriflF, 




12 


20 


Jon'a Brown, 




12 


20 


John Hoyt, 




12 


20 


Jos. Kenny, 




12 


20 


Jacob Pike, 




12 


20 


Abby Brown, 




•12 


20 


Ebenezer Clough, 




12 


20 


John Dalton 




12 


20 


John Sanborn, 




12 


20 


Hezekiah Jenness, 




12 


20 


Jos. Redman, 




20 


20 


Antipass Gilman, 




12 


20. 


Isaac Currier, 




12 


20 


Benj. Cram, 




12 


20 


Benj. Johnson, 




12 


20 


Daniel Leavitt, 




12 


20 


John Steel, 




12 


20 


Josiah Smith, 




12 


20 


David Gilman, 




12 


20 


Stephen Gilman, 




12 


20 


Benj. Cram, Jr., Se 


rgeant. 


12 


20 


Jonathan Thing, Jr. 


, Private, 


12 


20 


Joseph Smart, 




12 


20 


12 









178 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Tmie of discharge. 





1756. 


1756. 


Jeremiah Hilton, 


Oct. 12 


Oct. 20 


Joseph Moody, 


18 


20 


Hubertus Smith, 


18 


20 


Nathaniel Philbrick, 


18 


20 


James Proctor, Sergeant. 


11 


20 


John Boynton, Private. 


11 


20 


John Sanborn, 


11 


20 


Wjman Clough, 


11 


20 


Daniel Hughes, 


11 


20 


Henry Jewell, 


11 


20 


Moses Davis, 


11 


20 


Daniel CofEn, 


11 


20 


Cuflfee Wouss, 


11 


20 


Sam'l Hilton, 


11 


20 


Jonah Emerson, 


11 


20 


Michael Hoyt, Jr., 


11 


20 


Joseph Houston, Sergeant, 


1 


20 


George Cockran, Private, 


1 


20 


James O'Neal, 


1 


20 


Robert Houston, 


1 


20 


John McCarrill, 


1 


20 


Robert Cunningham, 


1 


20 


Thomas Lewis, 


1 


20 


Gideon Rowell, 


1 


20 


Benj. Bachelder, 


1 


20 


James Shirley, 


1 


20 


David Dickey, 


1 


20 


William Jameson, 


1 


20 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1801. 179 

For the " Crown Point Expedition" of 1757, New- 
Hampshire famished a regiment of five hundred men, 
under the following officers : 

Nathaniel Meserve, Colonel. 
John Goft'e, Lieut. Colonel. 
John Gilman, Major. 
Ammi R. Cutter, Surgeon. 
John Lampson, Surgeon's Mate. 
John Parker, Adjutant. 
George King, Commissary. 
Chaplain, vacant. ^ 
Armorer, " 

Armorer's Mate, " 

Companies. 

1. 

Hercules Mooney, Captain. 
Alexander Todd, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Spear, 2d Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Moonej, Ensign. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1757. 


1757. 


Clement Denbo, Sergeant, 


March 5 


Nov. 5 


William Gibbs, 


5 


6 


William Randall, 


5 


6 


John Shaw, 


5 


5 


Edward Leathers, Corporal, 


5 


5 


John Chesley, 


5 


5 


Robert Morrill, 


5 


5 


John Brown, 


5 


5 


TheodoL-e Willey, Drummer, 


5 


5 


Williajn Buckley, Private, 


5 


5 


Lemuel Trickey, 


.5 


5 


Eliakim Bickford, 


5 


5 


Joseph Doe, 


5 


5 


Phillips Stevenson, 


5 


6 


Robert Martin, 


6 


6 


WiUiam Watson, 


5 


6 



180 adjutant-general's report. 





Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 




1757. 


1757. 


Jonathan Davis, 


March 5 


Nov. 1 


John Randal, 


5 




Joseph Mason, 


5 


5 


Joseph Willey, 


5 


5 


Mark Laighton, 


5 


5 


Joseph Kent, 


6 


5 


Thomas Langley, 


5 


6 


Benjamin Wheeler, 


5 


5 


Micah Davis, 


5 


5 


Samuel Clay, 


5 


5 


Joseph Hacking 


5 


5 


John Pitman, 


5 


5 


Benjamin Glazier, 


5 


Jan. 22 


Zepheniah Davis, 


5 


Nov. 5 


Josiah Doe, 


5 


5 


Joseph Wormwood, 


5 


5 


Samuel Edgerly, 


5 


5 


Abraham Stevenson, 


5 


5 


Nathaniel Daniels, 


5 


5 


Ralph Twombly, 


5 


5 


Patrick Tobin, 


5 


14 


William Knight, 


5 


5 


Abraham Knight, 


5 


5 


Elijah Denbo, 


5 


5 


Jonathan Evans, 


5 


5 


Samuel Darling, 


5 


5 


John Linnard, 


5 


5 


Samuel Grummet, • 


5 


5 


Samuel Jackson, 


5 


5 


Elisha Langley, 


5 


5 


Winthrop Durgin, 


5 


5 


Peter Randall, 


5 


' 5 


William Smith, • 


5 


5 


Moses Young, 


5 


5 


Ezekiel Steel, 


5 


5 


John Rickey, 


5 


5 


John Logan, 


5 


5 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 181 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1757. 1757. 

Robert Kennedy, March 5 Nov. 5 

David Morrison, 5 6 

John Cunningham, 5 5 

James Taggart, 5 Aug. 9 

John Miles, 5 Nov. 5 

Hugh Quinton, 5 5 

Alexander McClure, 5 5 

Jacob Handcock, 5 Jan. 

Michael Johnson, 8 Nov. 5 

Robert Johnson, 8 Aug. 9 

Thomas Crawford, 5 Nov. 5 

Elias Colby, 5 Aug. 9 

Robert Twaddel, 5 9 

William Johnson, 5 Nov. 5 

Francis Orr, 5 5 

Daniel Murphy, 8 

David Watson, 8 Aug. 9 

William McMaster, 5 9 

Hugh Bell, . 5 Nov. 5 

Wniliam Bell, 5 14 

William Campbell, 5 Aug. 9 

Richard Caswell, \ 5 Nov. 5 

Thomas Dunlap, 5 5 

John Calwell, 5 5 

Robert Drought, 5 5 

William Gozzal, 5 Aug. 9 

Moses Grimes, 5 Nov. 5 

John Carr, 5 Aug. 9 

Timothy Swan, 5 Nov. 5 

William Thompson, 5 Aug. 9 

John Low, 5 Nov. 5 

David Weare, 5 5 ■ 

James Wason, 5 5 

David Campbell, 5 , . 6 



182 



adjutant-general's report. 



Jacob Bajley,* Captain. 
John Hazen, 1st Lieutenant. 
Philip Johnson, 2d Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Young, Ensign. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1757. 


1757. 


Samuel Towle, Sergeant, 


March 5 


Nov. 5 


Richard Pattee, 


5 


5 


Wilham Heath, 


5 


5 


Jonathan Smith, 


5 


5 


Paul Healej, Corporal, 


5 


Aug. 9 


John Goodwin, 


5 


Nov. 5 


Charles Row, 


6 


5 


Oliver Kimball, 


5 


5 


Caleb Belknap, Drummer, 


6 


5 


John Beedle, Private, 


6 


5 


Benj. Bacheider, 


5 


5 


John Bennet, 


5 


5 


Jonathan Barker, 


8 


8 


Edward Hills, 


8 


8 


John Hall, 


5 


6 


Sam'l Lear, 


5 


5 


Sam'l Little, 


5 


5 


Avery Sanders, 


5 


5 


George Spears, 


5 


5 


John Woodbury, 


5 


5 


Jonathan Bartlett, 


5 


6 


John Crockett, 


5 


5 


John Chase, 


5 


5 


James Clement, 


5 


5 


Joshua Copp, 


5 


5 



* Jacob Bayley was a native of Hampstoad, where his father had moved 
from Newbury, Mass. After the close of the "Seven Years' War" he 
moved to Newbury, Vt., having obtained a grant of that town, from Gov. 
"Wentworth, for himself and associates. He had very great influence in 
"theCohos Country;" held various important civil offices; was Major- 
General of Militia, and " Commissary-General of the Northern Depart- 
ment" in the war of the Revolution. He died in March, 1815, aged 89 
years. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



183 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 



Obadiah Davis, 
Edmund Elliott, 
Ebenezer Eaton, 
Silas Flood, 
Thomas Emory, 
Solomon Gage, 
Moses Greenough, 
Benj. Heath, 
Enoch Hale, 
Sam'l Hilton, 
Sam'l Haines, 
Robett Hunkins, 
Sam'l Hazelton, 
Josiah Heath, Jr., 
Sam'l Johnson, 
Abel Hadley, 
Joseph Kelley, 
Sam'l Morrill, 
Moses Norris, 
Jonathan Norris, 
Moses Ordway, 
Steven Page, 
James Row, 
Daniel Richards, 
Jedediah Potter, 
Andrew Stone, 
Amos Stevens, 
Solomon Smith, 
Reuben Stevens, 
John Upton, 
Wm. Wheeler, 
Edmund Webber, 
Joshua Webster, 
Obadiah Wells, 
Israel Young, 
Robert Young, 
Asa Dustin, 



1757. 

March 5 
5 
5 
5 

5 . 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
6 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 



1757. 

Nov. 5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
o 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 



184 



adjutant-general's report. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1757. 


1757. 


Abraham Heath, 


March 5 


Nov. 5. 


Abial Kellej, 


5 


5 


Jacob Merrill, 


5 


5 


Joseph Row, 


5 


5 


Daniel Steveas, 


5 


5 


Edward Colby, 


.8 


5 


Moses Follansbee, 


6 


5 


Nathan Gile, 


5 


Aug. 9 


John Harriman, 


5 


Oct. 1 


Asahel Harriman, 


5 


Aug. 9 


Amos Merrill, 


5 


9 


Nathaniel Mann, 


5 


• 9 


Jonathan Towle, 


5 


9 


David Copp, 


5 


Deserted, 


Josiah Heath, 


5 




James Kimball, 


5 




William Kellej, 


5 




Stephen Dearborn, 


5 


Aug. 9 


Jonathan Heath, 


5 


9 


Timothy Sanders, 


5 




Nathaniel Watts, 


5 





3. 

John Titcomb, Captain. 
John McDuffy, 1st Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Berry, 2d Lieutenant. 
James McDuffy, Ensign. 

William Hanson, Sergeant, March 4 Nov. 5 

John Clark, 4 5 

John Roberts, 4 5 

James Kelly, 4 died Sept. 23 

Timothy Tibbetts, Corporal, 4 Nov. 

Aaron Ham, 4 

David Copps, 4 

John Clement, 4 died Nov. 

Levi Tuttle, Drummer, 4 

Thomas Staples, Private, 4 



5 
5 

5 

10 

5 

5 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1633 TO 1861. 185 

Time of entry. Time of discharg 

1757. 1757. 

Samuel Kenny, March 4 Nov. 5 

Gilbert Perkins, 4 6 

James Deering, 4 5 

Stephen Glazier, 4 5 

Bartholomew Smart, 4 5 

John Giles, 4 5 

Josiah Tucker, 4 5 

James Nute, 4 5 

John Young, 4 5 

John Perkins, -4 5 

Spencer Allen, 4 6 

John Bunker 4 died Aug. 20 

Josiah Brown, 4 Nov. 5 

Thomas Willey, 4 • 5 

Samuel Sias, 4 5 

Isaac Hanson, 4 5 

^Hannibal Clark, ^ 4 Dec. 15 

Joseph Barber, 4 5 

Epbraim Alley, 4 15 

Thomas Ransom, 4 5 

William Thompson, 4 5 

Ephraim Chamberlain, 4 Nov. 5 

John Wooden, 5 5 

Joseph Hall, 5 5 

Ephraim Ricker, 6 5 

Francis Pierce, 5 5 

John Wood, . 5 left sick 5 

Philip Fall, 5 5 

Hezekiah Richards, 5 died Aug. 25 

Samuel Richards, 5 died Nov. 10 

Timothy Davis, 5 5 

Ichabod Johnston, ' 5 5 

John Bryant, 6 5 

John Lane, 6 5 

Benjamin Folsom, 5 5 

Nicholas Tuttle, 5 5 

James Rawlings, 5 5 



186 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



John Hartford, 


Time of entry. 
1757. 

March 5 


Time of discharge, 

1757. 

Nov. 5 


Nicholas Hartford, 


5 




5 


John Perry, 
Moses Young, 
Noah Goodwin, 


5 

5 




5 
5 


Jacob Chamberlain, 
John Rogers, 
Abraham Johnson, 


5 di 

5 

5 


ied Nov. 


8 
5 
5 


Matthew Farnum, 
William Davis, 


5 died Nov. 
5 


11 
5 


Stoughton Tuttle, 
Joseph Cross, 
Ephraim Moulton, 
Joseph Moody, 
John Gordon, 


5 
5 
5 
5 
5 




5 
5 
5 
5 
5 


John Gordon, Jr., 


5 




5 


Edward Gordon, 


5 




5 


Paul Ricker, 
Jabez Tibbetts, 
William Ricker, 
James Stirapson, 
Ebenezer Ricker, 
Abraham Place, 
Amos Place, 


• 5 
5 

5 
5 
5 

5 

5 died Sept. 


5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
18 


Joseph Brown, 
Simeon Pearl, 


5 

5 




5 
5 


Richard Walker, 


5 




5 


James Berry, 
Eleazer Rand, 


5 

6 




5 
5 


Abednego Spencer, 
Joseph Merrow, 
Ichabod Busswell, • 
Isaac Leighton, 
John Brewster, 


6 
6 
6 
6 
6 




5 
5 
5 
5 

5 


Jacob Hossum, 
John Wentworth, 
Moses Downe, 


6 

6 ' 
6 




5 
5 
5 



MILITAKY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



187 



Eenja. Horn, 
Benja. Copp, 
Ecu ben Ricker, 
Josiah Moulton, 
Sam'l Weymouth, 
William Goodwin, 
Jona. Bachelder, 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 
1757. 1757. 

March 6 Nov. 8 
6 8 

6 died Sep. 22 
6 Nov. 5 
6 5 

6 5 

6 5 



Eiehard Emery, Captain. 
Nathaniel Martin, 1st Lieutenant. 
, Pallat'a Russell, 2d Lieutenant. 

John Moore, Ensign. 

Darby Kelley, Sergeant, March 

Joseph Pearson, 

Benja. Kidder, Sen., 

John Little, 

Caleb Emery, Sen., Corporal, 

Robt. Murdock, 

Micajah Wynn, 

John Kutchinson, 

George Berry, Drummer, 

Josiah Bean, Private, 

Jona. Prescott, 

Benja. Roberts, 

John Moore, 

Joseph Whiteherweed, 

James Dunlap, 

Edward Bean, 

Wm. Bachelder, 

Edward Critchett, 

Joseph Hillard, 

Ebenezer Hutchinson, 

Sam'l Hardie, 

Henry Hutchinson, 

Jos. Ekoneson, 

Jona. Melcher, 

Sam'l Ring, 

Elijah Ring, 

Hezekiah Swain, 



7 


Nov. 


5 


7 


Aug. 


9 


7 


Nov. 


5 


7 


Aug. 


9 


7 


Nov. 


5 


7 


Aug. 


9 


7 


Nov. 


5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 


Aug. 


9 


7 


Nov. 


5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 




5 


7 


Aug. 


9 



188 



adjutant-general's report. 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 



Wm. Towle, 
Joseph Webster, 
John Burns, 


1757. 
March 7 

7 
7 


1757. 
Nov. 5 
5 
Aug. 9 


Jona. Corliss, Jr., 


7 


Nov. 


9 


Asa Corliss, 


7 




5 


James Clough, 
Caleb Daulton, 


7 
7 




5 
5 


Caleb Emery, Jr. 


7 




5 


Daniel Emerson, 
John Griffin, 
John Gordon, 


7 
7 
7 


Aug. 
Nov. 


9 
5 
5 


Thomas Georgs, 
Thomas Kennedy, 
Bobert Kennedy, 
Benja. Kidder, Jr., 
John Kidder, 


7 
7.' 

7 
7 
7 


Aug. 
Nov. 


6 

5 
9 
5 
5 


Wm. McDugal, forE. 


Linkfield, June 28 




5 


John Merrill, 


March 7 




5 


James Patterson, 


7 




5 


Benja. Pettingal, 
Ezekiel Stevens,* 


7 

i 




5 
5 


James Titcomb, 


7 




5 


Leonard Blanchard, 


7 




5 


Timothy Barron, 
Wm. Bntterfield, 


7 

7 




5 

5 


James McCoUy, 
Sam'l Gibson, 


7 
7 


Aug. 
Nov. 


9 
5 


Thomas Lancey, 
Josiah Parker, 


7 

7 




5 


Simon McQuestin, 
Peter Buzzell, 


7 

It 

< 


Aug. 
Nov. 


9 
5 


Sam'l Chase, 


7 




5 


John Davis, 


7 




5 



* Ezekiel Stevens was of Derryfield, and was at the massacre of Fort 
William Henry ; was scalped, tomahawked, and left for dead by the 
Indians. Recovering his strength so as to rise, he was cared for by 
some French officers. His ghastly wounds healed, and he returned home. 
His entire scalp was taken ofi", just above his ears ! For want of hair, he 
wore a cap. He lived to a good old age, and is well recollected by the 
older people of Manchester. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 18G1. 



189 





Time of entrj'. Time of disch'ge. 




1757. 


1757. 


Benja. Davis, 


March 7 


Nov. 5 


Wm. Hutchinson, 


7 


5 


David Parker, 


7 


5 


Henry Parker, 


7 


5 


William Silloway, 


7 


5 


Jolm Webster, for D. Allen, 


7 


5 


Wm. Dwight, 


7 


5 


Lazarus Eowe, 


7 


5 


Daniel Dax-ling, 


7 


5 


John Darling, 


7 


5 


Stephen Gilman, 


7 


5 


Tristram Quimby, 


7 


5 


John Sanborn, 


7 


5 


Gideon Young, 


i 


5 


Sani'l Young, 


7 


5 


Stephen Webster, 


7 


5 


Solomon Prescott, 


7 


5 


Thomas Parker, 


7 


5 


Caesar Nero, 


7 


5 


Jona, Corliss, 


Deserted. 




David Nutt, 






Ebenezer Coaston, 






Moses Chase, 






John Steel, 






Jacob Bridgham, 






Patrick Clai'k, 


«' 





A part of this regiment, with its colonel, a company of 
one hundred carpenters, and three companies of rangers, 
went from JSTew-York to Halifax, to serve with the Earl of 
Loudon, whilst the rest of the regiment, under command 
of Lieut. Col. Goffe, was posted at Fort William Henr}^, 
which was under the command of Col. Monroe. This fort 
being invested by the French and Indians, under Gen. 
Montcalm, on the 3d of August capitulated, the terms 
being an escort to Fort Edward, and their private baggage. 
These terms were dishonorably violated by Cren. Mont- 
3alm. The Indians were permitted to attack the English 
troops as they left the fort, -and to rob and murder them 



190 adjutant-general's report. 

at will. The IsTew-Hampsbire battalion was in the rear, 
and suffered severely. Out of two hundred, eighty were 
killed and taken. Of late, when the people who suffered 
in this brutal massacre are dead and gone, an attempt is 
made to excuse the conduct of the Freucb commander. 
It is said that he " strove earnestly to stop the progress" 
of the massacre, and, not being able to restrain the sav- 
ages, " he called upon the English prisoners to defend 
themselves and fire upon their pursuers. It was in vain, 
however, so overpowering were the terrors of the Indian 
tomahawk !" This sounds very well, but these palliators 
of dishonor and brutality forget, or ignore the facts, that 
the garrison did not capitulate until their ammunition was 
expended ; that*the prisoners were unarmed, there not be- 
ing a round of powder among them, and that the escort 
was a mere mockery. Then, again, why -did not the 
French general order his own troops to defend the pris- 
oners, as he had agreed to do, instead of calling upon them 
to defend themselves, w.hen he knew they had not the 
means to do it? 

This horrid massacre threw the people of the Colonies 
into the utmost consternation. ISTew-IIampshire at once 
raised a battalion of two hundred and fifty men for the 
defense of Fort Edward, under the command of Major 
Thomas Tash, of Durham. This force consisted of five 
companies — three of foot and two of cavalry. By the 
orders of Gen. Webb, they were posted at the fort at 
Number Four, now Charlestown. 

The roll of the battalion was as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 191 

Thomas Tash, Major. 

Companies. 

1. 

Amos Gage, CaiDtain. 
John Todd, Lieutenant. 
John Allen, Ensign. 

Time of entry. Time of disch'ge. 



Samuel Hobart,* Sergeant, 


1757. 
Aug. 21 


1757. 
Nov. 10 


Samuel Adams, 


21 


2 


Amos Gage, Jr., Corporal, 
Jacob Abbot, 


21 
21 


2 

2 


James Craney, Private, 
James McMurphy, 


21 
21 


2 
2 


Jonathan Hubbard, 


21 


2 


John Wilson, 


21 


2 


John Willoby, 


21 


2 


Stephen Ames, 
Gersham Urury, 


21 

21 


2 
2 


William Blodgett, 


21 


2 


Joseph Gage, 
Kobert Campbell, 
Joshua Wiugate, 


21 
21 
21 


2 

2 
2 


Philip Harvy, 


21 


2 


Daniel Eowell, 


21 


10 


Eobert Morrill, 


21 


12 


Elnathan Blood, 


21 


Oct. 30 


Nathan Barker, 


21 


30 


Timothy Emerson, 


21 


22 



* Sergt. Samuel Hobart was of HoUis. He was adjutant of Col. Goffe's 
regiment in 1760 ; paymaster of the New-Hampshire troops in 1775-6, 
and about that time colonel of militia. He was distinguished in the 
Kevolution as a patriot, and was largely employed" by the government. 
He had difficulty with Col. Stark, at Medford, which injured him with the 
public at home; but when the facts became known, he regained the pub- 
lic confidence, and was appointed to offices of trust. He was accused by 
his enemies of taking a large sum of the State's money, which waS lost 
for a time ; but after the money was returned, the lie was given to the 
charge of Col. Hobart's enemies, by the fact that he was appointed by the 
Assemby to number and sign the "paper money," issued by their order ; 
thus showing their entire confidence in his honesty. 



192 



adjutant-general's report. 



Time of entry. Time of disch'ge. 





17£ 


•7. 


175 


7. 


James Aiken, 


Aug 


. 21 


Sept. 


12 


Henry Wigorens, 




21 


Oct. 


29 


Thomas Vinson, 




21 




29 


Ephraim Blood, 




21 




29 


John Hale, 




21 




29 


John Cross, 




21 




29 


William Merrill, 




21 




29 


William Davison, 




21 




29 


John McDugal, 




21 




29 


Abraham Tilton, 




21 




29 


Benjamin Stoaks, 




21 




29 


Thomas Sawyer, 




21 




29 


Andrew French, 




21 




29 


Nicholas Pierce, 




21 




29 


Stephen Fifield, 




21 




29 


Benjamin Abbott, 




21 




29 


William Nelson, 




21 




29 


Timothy Stewart, 




21 




29 


2. 

Trueworthy Ladd, 


Captain. 






Sam'I Sleeper, Lieutenant. 








John Clark, Ensign. 








Moses Lyford, Sergeant, 


Aug. 


19 


Nov. 


12 


Philip Sargent, 




19 




5 


William Kelley^ Corporal, 




19 


Oct. 


31 


Eiias Parcher, 




19 


Nov. 


2 


John Clement, Private, 




19 




14 


Stephen Young, 




19 


Oct. 


30 


Sam'I Clough, 




19 


Nov. 


3 


Michail Hoight, 




19 




12 


AVilliam Hodgdon, 




19 


Oct. 


31 


Thomas Whitehorn, 




19 




31 


Benj. Lewis, 




19 


Nov. 


2 


Joseph Collins, 




19 




3 


Elijah Blaizdale, 




19 




3 


Paul Pinton Higgins, 




19 




3 


Cornelius Bean, 




19 




3 


Nathan Stevens, 




19 




3 


Nathan Kenniston, 




19 




5 



MILITARY HISTORY- 



Joseph Pope, 
Isaac Small, 
John Eastman, 
John Matthew, 
Joseph Morgan, 
Jera. Avery, 
Pallatiah Donnel, 
Cutter, 

Timothy Davis, 
Noah Emery, 
Williani Eowell, 
Thomas Beatle, 
Joua. AVorthen, 
Benja. Clilford, 
Malachi Davis, 
Henry Hall, 
Tobias Leighton, 
David Webster, 
Phenias Hodgdon, 
George Ham, 
Ebenezer Durgan, 
Jacob Ham, 
Thomas Wentworth, 
Ezekiel Clement, 

3. 

John Ladd, Captain. 
Jera. Alarston, Lieutenant 
Jona. Page, Ensign. 

Joseph Leavit, Sergeant, 

Michial Philbrook, 

Daniel Lary, Corporal, 

Sam'l Scribner, 

Alex. Magoon, Private, 

Caleb Thurston, 

Daniel Moody, 

Robert Moore, 

Reuben Osgood, 

Sam'l Philbrook, 

Michial I'rescott, 
13 



•1623 TO 1861 






'ime of entry. 


Time of 


disc! 


1757. 


17; 


57. 


Aug. 19 


Nov 


\ 5 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 




12 


19 






19 


Oct. 


30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


19 




30 


26 




26 


26 




5 



193 



Aug. 19 


Oct. 30 


19 


30 


19 


30 


19 


30 


19 


Sept. 24 


19 


24 


19 


Oct. 30 


Sept. 20 


Nov. 3 


Aug. 19 


Sept. 24 


19 


24 


19 


24 



194 adjutant-^seneral's report. 

Time of entry. Time of disch'ge, 

1757. 1757. 

Jona. Dowe, Aug. 19 Oct. 30 

David Moulton^ 19 Sept. 24 

Benja. Hillard, 19 Oct. 

Henry Moulton, 19 Sept. 24 

Dennis Biekford, 19 24 

Joseph Kennistoii^ 19 24 

John Pierce, 19 24 

Ebenezer Blake, 19 24 

Jethro Blake,' 19 24 

Joseph Eoberts, 19 24 

Joseph Smart, 19 Oi;t. 24 

Paul Smith Marston, 19 30 

Timothy Danlton, 19 29 

Daniel Le'avit, 19 22 

Benja. Folsom, 19 22 

Dan'I Spaulding, Sept. 20 30 

John Alexander, 20 29 

Eobert McKeon, 20 29 

Philemon Blake, Aug. 19 Sept. 24 

Reuben Page, 19 24 

Joshua George, 19 24 

Winthrop Clough, 19 24 

Jera. Page, 19 24 

Jona. Moulton, 19 24 

Eobert Steel, 19 24 

Scribner Moody, 19 24 

Moses Planders, 19 24 

Nath'l Peirce, 19 24 

James Quimby, 19 24 

Huberthus Smith, 19 24 

Joseph Sweet, 19 Nov. 3 

Benja. Shaw, 19 3 

Nathaniel Bacheldor, 19 3 

Eobert Barber, 19 Oct. 30 

Robert Twaddle, Sept. 20 Nov. 3 

Wm. Johnson, 20 3 

Thomas Spear, 20 3 

Wm. Moore, 20 | Oct. 22 

Abra. Read, 20 / Nov. 3 

Eobert Cofran, 20 '• 3 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



195 





Time of entry. 


Time of disch'ge. 




1757. " 


17i 


57. 


John Moores, 


Aug. 20 


Nov. 3 


Wm. McXeil, 


20 




3 


John Marston, 


Aug. 19 




3 


4. 

Antbony Towle, 


Captain, 






Jeremiah Leavitt 


;, Lieutenant. 






Caleb Clark, Cornet. 






Eliphalet Giddinga, Clerk, 


Aug. 24, 


Dec. 


17 


John Fogg, Corporal, 


24 




17 


Jacob Kent, 


24 




17 


Caleb Towle, 


Sept. U 




17 


Caleb Follet, Private, 


Aug. 24 




10 


Edward Hill, 


24 


Oct. 


18 


Nath'l Burleigh, 


24 


Nov. 17 


Robert Stuart, 


Sept. 14 




12 


Theoph's Sargent, 


Aug. 24 


* 


17 


John Shackford, 


24 




12 


Jona. Towle, 


24 




12 


Thomas Foss, 


Sept. 14 




6 


James Sticknej, 


Aug. 24 * 




8 


Eph'r Perry, 


24 




17 


James Kelley, 


.24 




17 


Peter Harriman, 


24 




10 


John Head, 


24 




6 


Matthew Pettingale, 


.24 




10 


Joseph Knight, 


24 




6 • 


]Moses Pike, 


24 




10 


Eichard Knight, 


24 




10 


Joseph Heath, 


24 




10 


Benja. Taylor, 


24 




17 


Jacob Smith, 


2*4 




17 


Wm. Eastman, 


24 




17 


Stephen Leathers, 


24 


Oct. 


20 


Ebenezer Levering, 








Timothy Foss, 


24 


Sept 


.12 


David Webster, 


Sept. 14 


Oct. 


1 


Wm. Sibly, 


Aug. 24 


Nov. 


17 


John Webster, 


24 


Aug 


.31 


David Hill, 


Sept. 14 . 







196 adjutant-geneeal's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 
1757. 1757. 

Sam'I Brown. 

Wm. Johnson, -A^ug- 24 Nov. 8 

Wm. Burleigh, Sept. 14 17 

5. 

Abner 'Fogg, Captain. 

Abra. Drake, sent Jos. Moulton, Lieutenant. 

Joshua Pickering, Cornet. 

Edward Hilton, Qr. Master. 
f 
Sam'I Webster, Corporal, 



sent Burnbam, 




Aug. 


20 


Nov. 9 


Thomas Pickering, 






20 


9 


Thomas Marston, 






20 




Cotton Ward, Clerk, 






20 


9 


John Young, Private, 




Sept. 


14 


8 


Natha Wallace, 






14 


10 


Pearson Brown, 






14 


3 


Samuel Sherburn, 




Aug. 


20 


9 


Moses Blake, 






20 


9 


Edward Smith, 




Sept. 


14 


9 


Abra. Dearborn, 






14 


9 


John Bachelder, 






14 


9 


John Shepard, . 






14 


9 


Benja. Norris, 




Aug. 


20 


9 


Joshua Webster, 




Sept. 


14 


9 


Sam'I Dalton, , 




Aug. 


20 


9 


Obadiah Marston, Trumpeter, 




20 


9 


Charles Huntoon, Private, 


Sept. 


14 


12 


Paul Filield, 






14 


12 


Burn ham Webster, 




Aug. 


20 


12 


Tristram Sanborn, 




Sept. 


14 


12 


Isaiah Eowe, 






14 


12 


Josiah Clough, 




Aug. 


20 


9 


Benja. Fuller, 




Sept. 


14 


9 


Jona. Lock, sent Ab. Dearborn, 


Aug. 


20 




John Weeks, 






20 




"Walter Wiggin, sent Pi 


[per, 




20 


Sept. 21 


Francis McCoy, 






20 




Benja. Busswell, 






20 


2 


Sam'I Winslow, 






20 


2 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 197 

Time of entry. Time of discbarge. 

1756. 1756. 

Moses Eichardson, Sept. 14 Sept. 14 
Benja. Seagle, 14 

Noah Hobbs, Aug. 20 Oct. 

Joseph Moulton, Sept. 6 Sept. 15 

Benja. Leavit, Sept. 14 15 

James Piper, 14 12 
Jona. Sanborn, Trumpeter, Aug. 20 
Caleb Smith, Private, Sept. 14 
Simon Lamper, sent D. Webster, 14 

Sam'l Brown, 14 1 

Benja. Smart, 14 29 

Abra. Kenniston, 14 29* 

The roll of the company at Fort William k Mary, for 
1757, was thus : 

Thomas Bell, Esq., Captain. 

Benjamin Bell, Private, March. Dec. 

Thomas Gowdey, " May. 

Henry Foss, " " ' 

Solomon Seavy, May, Oct. 

Benjamin Libby, " ' " 

Stephen Marden, " " 

Nathaniel Rand, " " 

James Phil brook, " " 

Moses Paine, " " 

James Towle, « " 

Sam'l Seavy, " Nov. 

Ephraira Philbrook, " Oct. 

Ozem Dowse, Aug. Aug. * 

Simon Berry, " " 

Joseph Libby, " " 

Bickford Lang, « « 

Joshua Rand, Jun., " ". 

Isaac Libby, " " 

* These five last companies were a re-inforeement raised in August, 
after the fall of Fort William Henr3% for the defense of Fort Edward. The 
4th and 5th companies were cavalry, and the battalion was under the com- 
mand of Major Thomas Tash, and was stationed at Number Four (now 
Charlestown), bj the order of Gen. Webb. 



1757. 


1757. 


Aug. 


Aug. 


« 


a 


il 


(I 


u 


u 


a 


li 



198 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discbarge. 

John Scaggel, 
Moses Seavy, 
David Lock, 
Benjamin Marden, 
Benjamin Band, 
Isaac Eemick, " " 

Thomas Lang, " " 

Timothy Berry, « " 

Caleb Berry, " " 

Joseph Towle, " '' 

John Watson, " Dec. 

Ceazer Dickson, Nov. " 

Henry Foss, Oct. " 

In 1758 New-Hampshire raised still another regiment 
for " the Crown Point Expedition." This numbered eight 
hundred men, and was commanded by Col. John Hart, 
of Portsmouth. A portion of the regiment was ordered 
to join the expedition against Louisburg, and the remain- 
der did duty under Lieut. Col. Gofl'e, on the western 
frontier. 

The roll of this regiment was as follows : namely, 

John Hart,* Colonel. 
John GofFe, Lieut. Colonel. 
John Titcomb,t Major. 
John Titcomb, Lieut. Colonel. 
Daniel Emerson, Chaplain. 
Alexander Clark, Surgeon. 

* Col. John Hart was of a prominent family of Portsmouth. He was 
Captain of a company in Col. Meserve's regiment of 1756, and Lieutenant 
Colonel of the same, which regiment was attached to the expedition against 
Crown Point. In 1758 ho accompanied the battalion from New-Hamp- 
shire for the second expedition against Louisburg, and died there of the 
small-pox, at the same time with the lamented Col. Meserve. 

f Major John Titcomb was of Dover. He had command of a company 
In Col. Meserve's regiment, in the campaign of 1756, and also in that of 
1757. Upon the death ot Col. Hart, at Louisburg, Lt. Col. Goffe was 
promoted to Colonel, and Major Titcomb was made Lieutenant Coionel. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 199 

John Hale, Surgeon.* 

John Odlin, Surgeon's Mate. 

John Little, Adjutant. 

Bryant Sweeny, Quarter Master. 

Francis Tucker, Regimental Clerk. 

Companies. 
I. 

John Pickering, Captain. f 
John Spear, 1st Lieutenant. 
Hubbard Stevens, 2d Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel Ayez'S, Ensign. 





Time of entry. 


TiQie of disch'ge. 




1758. 


1758. 


WiUiam Gibbs, Sergeant, 


April 3 


Oct. 27 


EUas Parker, 


28 


30 


Samuel McDuffee, 


6 


30 


Christopher Huntress, 


28 


Aug. 10 


Joseph Benson, Corporal, 


15 


Oct. 30 


Joseph Lunt, 


INIay 2 


30 


John Driscoll, 


April 28 


30 


Ephraim Ricker, 


10 


27 


Samuel Carr, Sei'geant, 


Aug. 11 


31 



* John Hale was of Hollis. He had command of the regiment of 
militia in that vicinity. He was surgeon's mate to Blanehard's regiment, in 
1755, in the expedition of that year against Crown Point, and surgeon of 
Col. Cilley's regiment, in the war of the Revolution, in 1777, 8, 9 and 80. 
He was distinguished as a physician. His descendants are still numerous 
in Hollis. 

f Captain John Pickering was of Portsmouth. He was a descendant of 
John Pickering, one of the earliest settlers of that town. The Pickerings 
had a military reputation. There were six of the family bearing the name 
of John. John Pickering, 2d, was captain of the militia in Ports- 
mouth for a number of years, and Belknap describes him as a man of "a 
rough and adventurous spirit, and a lawyer." His son, John, 3d, had 
three sons, John (4th), Thomas, and Daniel. John 4th was the subject of 
this note. We hear nothing of him after this date. He probably died 
unmarried. His brother, Thomas, was killed in 1746 by the Indians, in 
the neighborhood of Casco Bay. He left a wife, three sons and six daugh- 
ters. His wife was Dorothy Stover, born at "Cape Neddock," in 1707» 
and died in 1791, aged 84 years. Capt. Thomas Pickering, her second son, 
commanded the Hamden, and was killed in an engagement with an India- 
man of superior metal and force. Lydia, the fifth daughter, married 
Dea. Samuel Drown, of Portsmouth, a noted patriot of the Eevolution. 



200 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. 1758. 

Jacob Folsom, Private, April 6 Oct. 30 

Joseph Piiikham, 6 30 

William Evans, 6 30 

Philip Roberts, 6 did not go. 

David Johnson, 7 26 

Thomas Sawyer, 7 31 

Ebenezer Hall, 8 31 

Nathaniel Senter, 28 * died. 

Abner Beckford, 8 30 

John Morrison, 8 died in Aug. 

Thomas Glazier, 9 Oct. 13 

Samuel Dyer, 10 30 

George Madden, 10 27 

William Brooks, 10 30 

James Holmes, Jr., 11 30 

Thomas Quint, Jr., 11 20 

John Brown, Jr., 11 30 

Edward Fox, 11 20 

Reuben Chase, 11 30 

Stephen Noble, 11 31 

Daniel Driscoll, 12 20 

John Rowan, 18 31 

John Allen, 18 31 

William Cotton, . 28 31 

Phineas Thompson, 28 31 

Noah Hutchins, 28 30 

Robert Yeaton, 28 31 

WiUiam Cotton, Jr., 29 27 

James Howard, 6 31 

Obadiah Daniels, May 2 31 

Benjamin* Harrod, April 12 31 

Dennis Sullivan, 11 15 

John McClennan, 15 died in Sept. 

Amos Blaso, 15 30 

Daniel Allen, 15 30 

Samuel Stevens, 15 31 

Benjamin Rowe, 15 died in Sept. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 201 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. 1758. 

Israel Mason, April 17 Sept. 6 

Solomon Perkins, 18 Oct. 30 

John Brown, 2d, 20 30 

Jonathan Huntress, 20 30 

Benjamin Dockum, 25 31 

Joshua Downing, April 27 26 

Leonard Triggs, 28 20 

James Abbott, 28 

Abraham Weeks 28 30 

Luke Foster, 28 Nov. 14 

Samuel Norris, 28 Oct. 26 

Richard Jenkins, 28 27 

Thomas Quint, Sen., 28 20 

John Ajres, * 28 26 

Charles Runlett, May 26 26 

James Titcomb, April 28 30 

V John Moses, 28 30 

Arthur Melaw, 28 30 

Jonathan Brown, 28 31 

James Holmes, 28 31 

Grafton Nutter, 28 30 

Richard Peirce, 28 31 

Benjamin Lewis, 28 26 

Richard Prout, 28 31 

Henry Door, May 1 31 

Isaac Stanton, 1 31 

Thomas Plumraer, 1 30 

Jonathan Tebbetts, 1 30 

John Blaso, 1 20 

Walter Philbrook, 1 13 

Joseph Merrow, 1 30 

Ebenezer Perkins, 1 31 

Daniel Wentworth, 1 died at Ft. Edward. 

John Gate, 1 30 

Joshua Clark, 1 died in Sept. 

Ebenezer Meloon, 1 30 

Thomas Dearborn, April 6 



202 . adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. 1758. 

Nathaniel Kenniston, April 6 Oct. 30 

John Borland, 6 30 
Nehemiah Leavitt, 6 

Daniel McDuffee, 6 30 

Joseph Beckford, 27 20 

Ichabod Horn, 7 30 

Benjamin Ash, 7 30 

Micah Emerson, 10 31 

Thomas Ricker, ' 10 30 

Moses Wentworth, 10 15 

Ebenezer Garland, 10 13 

Moses Garland, 10 30 

Joshua W. Wells, . 12 31 

^ Solomon Clark, 13 30 

John Kenny, 12 30 

John Meloon, 12 31 
Thomas Wentworth, 6 died the 4th. 

Samuel Fall, 18 30 

John Lowd, 28 26 

John Conally, June 11 30 

John Weymouth, April 10 30 

William Ayres, July 1 30 

Matthew Clark, April 15 Nov. 11 

George Urin, May 10 Oct. 13 

Christopher Huntress, Aug. 11 30 

Samuel Carr, April 10 Aug. 10 

2. 

Thomas Tash, Captain. 
Benja. Mooney, 1st Lieutenant. 
Eliphalet Sanborn, 2d Lieutenant. 
Joseph Hall, Ensign. 

Samuel Baldwin, Sergeant, April 8 Nov. 12 

Ezekiel Willey, 6 26 

WiUiam Smith, 19 Oct. 30 

Daniel Evans, 12 30 

Robert Morrill, Corporal, 8 21 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 203 





Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 




1758. 


1758. 


Levi Tuttle, 


April 13 


Oct. 30 


Jonathan Tuck, 


19 


21 


John Jennings, 


27 


30 


Richard Goodwin, Private, 


13 


30 


Nathaniel Garland, 


6 


12 


Amos Pinkham, 


6 


30 


Stephen Glazier, 


6 


30 


Benja. Jackson, 


6 


30 


Samuel Todd, 


7 


26 


Philip Crummett, 


7 


30 


Jeremiah Crummett, 


7 


9 


James Crummett, 


7 


30 


Ebenezer Spencer, 


7 


21 


Thomas Ransom, 


7 


26 


Thomas Willej, 


7 


30 


Negro Scipio, 


8 


21 


Josiah Brown, 


8 


30 


Clement Meader, 


9 


Dec. 6 


Hugh Little, 


10 


19 


Samuel Crummett, 


10 


30 


Enoch Bunker, 


10 


30 


Francis Kenniston, 


11 


30 


Wm. Buswell, 


11 


21 


Isaac Small, 


12 


30 


John Spencer, 


11 


26 


Samuel Demering, 


14 


19 


Samuel Harford, 


17 


30 


John Knowles, 


17 


20 


Samuel Nay, 


19 


30 


Joseph Sanborn, 


19 


Nov. 12 


John Marston, 


19 


30 


John Dearborn, 


19 


30 


Robert Ash, 


20 


13 


Samuel Mace, 


20 


30 


Andrew Baker, 


20 


30 


Wm. Gregory, 


20 


30 


Timothy Kenniston, 


21 


30 



204 



ADJ'UT ant-general's REPORT. 



Nathan Kennlston, 
John Smart, 
Joseph Folsom, 
John Kenniston, 
Chase Wiggin, 
Benja. Folsom, 
Zebulon Kenniston, 
David Smart, 
Jonathan Marrow, 
Nathaniel Tucker, 
Timothy Berry, 
Eliakim Bickford, 
Ezekiel Moulton, 
Joseph Baker, 
Joseph Wormwood, 
Nathaniel Watson, 
John Mason, 
Samuel Kenniston, 
Richard Hall, 
John Meader, 
John Clark, 
Samuel Joy, 
Francis Eliot, 
Thomas Fisher, 
Daniel Swain, 
Daviil Philbfick, 
John Rand, 
Negro Cffisar, 
Zephaniah Davis, 
Ezekiel Leathers, 
William Hill, 
Michael Davis, 
Samuel Sias, Jr., 
John Whitehouse, 
Robert Seldon, 
WilUam Thomas, 
Simeon Wells, 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. " 1758. 

April 21 Nov. 30 

26 30 
'26 died October. 
20 Dec. 30 

26 30 
26 

26 30 

26 26 
26 Nov. 2 

26 30 

26 26 

27 21 
27 26 
27 21 
27 21 

27 30 

28 30 
28 30 
28 30 
28 12 
28 30 
28 26 

28 20 

29 30 
29 30 
29 30 
29 30 
29 30 

8 20 

8 30 

10 30 

10 30 

14 13 

24 30 

24 30 

26 30 
26 died in Oct. 



MILITARY 


HISTORY — 1623 


TO 1861. 20 


• 


Time of 


entry, 


. Time of discharge. 




1758. 


1758. 


Samuel Seavey, 


April 


,26 


Nov. 20 


Gideon Laighton, 




10 


30 


Joshua Cromwell, 




11 


12 


Samuel Wentworth, 




12 


Oct. 31 


John Grinnell, 




15 


30 


Hezekiah Cloutman, 




15 


30 


Samuel Coffin, 




17 


30 . 


John Ellis, 




17 


31 


John Pease, 




27 


20 


John Matthews, 




10 


Nov. 2 


Joseph Tole, 


. 


10 


Aug. 17 


John Kendall, 




8 


deserted. 


Stephen Page, 




20 


Oct. 31 


Samuel Drew, 




24 


never went. 


Benja. Smart, 




26 


killed June 17. 


Dodrach Jones, 




26 


died in Oct. 


Thomas Hines, 




8 


Oct. 30 


William Brace, Jr., 


July 


13 


30 


William Randall, 


April 


29 


30 



Jonathan Swett, Captain. 
John Sanborn, 1st Lieutenant. 
Samuel Towle, 2d Lieutenant. 
John Pollard, Ensign. 



Jeremiah Eastman, Sergeant, 


April 


28 


Nov. 19 


William French, 




14 


19 


Benja. Bachelde-r, 




28 


2 


George Berry, 




10 


2 


Samuel Davis, Corporal, 




28 


Aug. 22 


Jonathan Worcester, 


Aug. 


23 


Nov. 19 


Timothy Blake, 


April 


1 8 


14 


Samuel Ring, 




10 


16 


Ephraim Brown, 




28 


19 


Samuel Davis, Private, 




28 


3 


Thomas Worcester, 




28 


Aug. 22 


Timothy Saunders. 




8 


deserted. 



206 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of eptry. Time of discharge. 





1758. 


175 


,8. 


Benj. Billiard, 


April 8 


Nov. 


2 


James Russell, 


10 




2 


Isaac Tobey, 


10 


Oct. 


17 


John Hutchins, 


10 


Nov. 


16 


Josiah George, 


10 




2 


William Lang, 


10 




17 


Thomas Roberts, 


10 




10 


Benja. Fuller, 


10 




3 


Gideon Dow, 


12 




10 


Jonathan Dow, 


12 




19 


Elijah Cram, 


12 




2 


Joseph Pike, 


12 




17 


Jeremiah Gove, 


12 




2 


Ebenezer Dow, 


12 




19 


Moses Swett, 


12 




16 


Jedediah Cram, 


12 




2 


Abba Brown, 


12 




16 


Benja. Sanborn, 


13 


Oct. 


30 


John Dalton, 


13 




31 


Nathaniel Shores, 


13 


Nov. 


2 


Philip Cromwell, 


13 




6 


Nathan Brown, 


13 




14 


Wm. Swain, 


13 




14 


Jacob Colby, 


14 




16 


Ebenezer Brown, 


19 




16 


Moses Gilson, 


19 




2 


Josiah Swett, 


19 




16 


Arthur Bennett, 


19 




3 


Jeremiah Page, 


19 




17 


Elijah Ring, 


20 




2 


Reuben Hoyt, 


20 


Oct. 


31 


Thomas Nudd, 


24 


Nov. 


9 


William Graves, 


24 




14 


Samuel Dalton, 


24 


Oct. 


31 


Moses Sanborn, 


24 


Nov. 


3 


William Blake, 


24 




9 


Reuben Grows, 


27 




19 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



207 





Time of entry. 


Time of 


discharge. 




1758. 


111 


)8. 


Jonathan Knowlton, 


April 27 


. Nov, 


.14 


John Gould, 


27 




16 


Benja. Brown, 


27 




19 


Daniel Darling, 


27 




27 


Henry French, 


27 




2 


Caleb Barrett, 


23 




3 


Israel James, 


28 


Oct. 


28 


Asahel Quimby, 


28 


Nov. 


19 


Moses Lock, 


28 




2 


Joseph Tilton, 


28 




16 


Israel Shaw, 


28 




15 


John Nudd, 


28 




3 


Jonathan Brown, 


28 


Oct. 


15 


Benja. Shaw, 


28 


Nov. 


2 


David Kimball, 


28 




2 


Joseph Kenniston, 


28 




12 


Ichabod Gould, 


28 




2 


Amos Pollard, 


18 




19 


Asa Worcester, 


28 




19 



4. 

Sommersbee Gilraan, Captain. 
Jonathan Folsom, 1st Lieutenant. 
Joseph Smith, 2d Lieutenant. 
Bradstreet Doe, Ensian*. 



William Harris, Sergeant, 


April 18 


Oct. 80 


Jonathan Gilman, 


12 


30 


Isaac Currier, 


11 


30 


Early Gilman, 


20 


30 


James Kelley, Corporal, 


27 


30 


Samuel Gilman, 


20 


30 


Jacob Smith, 


9 


27 


Nathaniel Etheredge, 


26 


30 


William Baker, Private, 


11 


80 


Benja. Kimball, 


6 


30 


Benja. Cass, 


11 


30 


Hugh Johnson, 


6 . 


30 



208 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1758. 


1758. 


Abraham. Preble, 


April 20 


Oct. 30 


Daniel Mason, 


26 


30 


Andrew Gilman, 


26 


30 


Edward Critchet, 


26 


30 


Jonathan Robinson, 


26 


30 


Samuel Scribner, 


26 


30 


Jonathan Smith, Jr., 


25 


30 


Jonathan Thomas, 


11 • 


30 


Thomas Lyford, 


2T 


30 


George Roberts, 


26 


30 


William Fowle, 


27 


30 


John Gilman, 


17 


30 


Joseph Bean, 


8 


30 


Joseph x\kers, 


May 8 


30 


Moses Pinder, 


April 7 


30 


William Dyer, 


26 


30 


Joseph Hall, 


17 


30 


Robert Steel, 


13 


30 


John Farrar, 


27 


30 


Daniel Ladd, 


17 


30 


John Kimball, 


10 


30 


James Quimby, 


8 


30 


Nicholas Kenniston, 


27 


30 


Elisha Leavitt, 


26 


30 


Benja. Edgerly,* 


27 


30 


Edward Ladd, 


26 


30 


Edward Gordon, 


7 


30 


John Steel, 


10 


30 


Zebulon Pease, 


May 5 


30 


Joseph Rawlings, 


April 6 


30 


Stephen Thurston, 


17 


30 


Daniel Kelley, 


27 


30 


Joseph Maylan, 


27 


30 


Nathaniel Veasey, 


13 


30 


Matthias Weeks, 


7 


30 


Jonathan Pulsiver, 


19 


30 


Elisha Hutchins, 


7 


30 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18C1. 209 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1758. 


1758. 


Joseph Perkins, 


April 10 


Oct. 30 


Francis Coombs, 


10 


30 


Eliphalet Smith, 


10 


30 


Moses Veasey, 


6 


30 


Jethro Lethon Bachelder, 


7 


30 


James Gordon, 


27 


30 


Thomas Haskell, 


7 


SO 


Daniel Wilson, 


26 


30 


William Hoj't, 


27 


30 


Jonathan Hoyt, 


26 


30 


Daniel Moody, 


26 


30 


Scribner Moodj^, 


20 


30 


Clement Dolloff, 


26 


30 


Ebenezer Smith, 


17 


30 


Richard Sanborn, 


May 1 


30 


Stephen Dudley, 


April 20 


SO- 


Eenja. Folsom, 


26 


SO 


Henry Marsh, 


26 


30 


Neheraiah Leavitt, 


6 


30 


John Folsom, 


16 


Oct. 20 


James Johnson, 


17 


20 


Samuel Elkins, Jr., 


9 


Sept. 15 


Thomas Lucas, 


10 


Oct. 16 


James Fling, 


10 


Sept. 15 


John Haley, Jr., 


10 


Oct. 18 


Paul Brackett, 


10 


19 


John Haley, Sen., 


26 


20 


Minas Daniels, 


26 


20 


Samuel Webb, 


12 


20 


Nicholas Gordon, 


26 


20 


Daniel Scribner, 


26 


20 


Thomas Gilman, 


11 


20 


Phineas Blake, 


27 


20 


Nehemiah Leavitt, Jr., 


26 


20 


Benja. Clough, 


19 


20 


Joshua Kenniston, 


12 


20 


Robert York, 


May 3 


21 


14 







210 



adjutant-general's report. 





Time of entry 


. Time of 


discbarge. 




1758. 


1758. 


Zebulon Ring, 


April 10 


Oct 


. 20 


John Sleeper, Jr., 


26 




26 


John Glidden, 


26 




26 


Valentine Clark, 


26 




20 


Robert Glidden, 


11 




26 


John Davis, Jr., 


23 




27 


Timothy Merrow, 


21 




27 


William Page, 


10 




31 


John Morgan, 


27 


Nov. 


17 


Darby Kelley, 


27 


Oct. 


18 


Willoughby Taylor, 


27 




30 


Joseph Lampson, 


6 




30 


William Sibley, 


6 


deserted. 


Samuel Dudley, 


13 


died S 


ept. 


Jonathan Meloon, 


15 


did not 


go- 


Jonathan Page, 


26 


broke a 


leg. 


Solomon Smith, 


26 


Oct. 


2 


John Moody, 


26 




16 


Benja. Chfford, 


26 




10 


Samuel Moody, 


26 




30 


Nicholas Smith, 


26 




16 


John Magoon, 


26 


Sept. 


14 


David Bean, 


10" 


Oct. 


10 


Christopher Tappan, 


26 




15 


Daniel Gordon, 


26 




10 


Joseph Smith, 


26 




30 


James Marsh, 


13 




20 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



211 



John Hazen,* Captain. 
John Goffe, Jun., 1st Lieutenant. 
Joseph White, 2d Lieutenant. 
Wm. Richardson, Ensign. 







Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 






1758. 


1758. 


Jabez Hoyt, Sergeant, 


April 10 


Oct. 31 


Benja. Stone, 




10 


20 


Matthew Bryant, 




8 


31 


James White, 




8 


30 


Jonathan Kimball, 


Corporal, 


27 


31 


Benja. Bachelder, 




10 


Nov. 4 


Stephen Page, 




7 


Oct. 31 


Stephen Dow, 




15 


13 


Aaron Copps, Private, 


27 


Nov. 4 


Thomas Crawford, 




6 


Oct. 27 


Bond Little, 




7 


31 


Joseph Sawyer, 




7 


31 


David Copps, 




27 


Nov. 17 


Caleb Emery, 




8 


4 


John Gage, 




9 


Oct. 27 


Joshua Chase, 




9 


31 


Joshua Gile, 




10 


31 


Joseph Gage, 




10 d' 


ied in Sept. 


Robert Kennedy, 




10 


Oct. 31 


Joseph Webster, 




10 


31 



* John riazen was a citizen of Plaistow, doubtless, at this time. In 
1757, 1758, 1759, and 1700, he was enrolled in the New-Hampshire Militia 
as a soldier in Col. Steven's regiment, which embraced Plaistow, Atkin- 
son, «S:c. After his return from the war, in 1760, lie took up his residence 
in Haverhill, JIasFachusetts. He soon joined with his friend, Capt. Jacob 
Bayley, in his enterprise of settling " the Cohos Country, ".and obtained the 
charter of Haverhill, N. H., where he had already settled. In a few 
years be removed to St. Johns, Canada. Here he amassed a competence, 
but espousing the patriot caure, he was forced to leave the country with 
Gen. Sullivan's retreating army, and his fine residence was burned to pre- 
vent its affording shelter to the enemy. He raised a battalion of his 
French neighbors and others, and did such good service for his country, 
that he was advanced to tlie position of a general officer. He settled at 
Albany, where he suffered from paralysis in 1785, and died in a few years 
after. 



212 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



• 


Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 




1758. 


1758. 


Thomas Kennedy, 


April 10 


Oct. 


31 


James Duston, 


11 




1 


Stephen Prescott, 


11 


Oct. 


28 


Nathan Collej, 


12 




31 


Silas Flood, 


12 




81 


Richard Dow, 


12 




31 


Richard Knight, 


14 




31 


Jere. Kent, 


15 




31 


James Baley, for John 


Lovewell, 15 




31 


Daniel Flood, 


15 




13 


Parish Richardson, 


15 


Sept. 


30 


Caleb Marble, 


15 


Oct. 


31 


Jesse Wilson, 


16 




31 * 


Wm. Whittaker, 


17 




31 


Noah Emery, 


18 




31 


Joshua Howard, 


18 




29 


James Dow, 


18 




20 


Jeremiah Dow, 


18 




31 


Jonathan Stevens, 


19 




31 


Daniel Clifford, 


19 


Sept. 


30 


Abner Sawyer, 


19 


Nov. 


16 


James Clay, 


19 


Oct. 


28 


Abel Wright, 


20 




31 


William Heath, 


24 




31 


Benja. Currier, 


26 




31 


Henry Benson, 


26 


Sept. 


, 30 


Wm. Flanders, 


26 


Oct. 


20 


Enoch Hale, 


27 




31 


Peter Whittaker, 


27 


died S 


ept. 


John Tarbox, 


27 


Oct. 


31 


Philip Eoierson, 


27 




31 


Levi Wjman, 


27 




31 


Asa Curtis, 


27 




31 


Jonathan Colby, 


28 




31 


John Giles, 


28 




31 


Edmund Colby, 


28 




31 


Abner Wheeler, 


28 


died S. 


ept. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



213 



Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





1758. 


1758. 


John Foster, 


April 28 


Oct. 31 


•Robert Young, 


29 


81 


Jonathan Hunt, 


29 


did not go. 


Robert Greenough, 


10 


Nov. 17 


Jonathan Stickney, 


10 


17 


Josiah Heath, 


12 


3 


Benoni Coburn, 


13 


3 


Micajah Morrill, 


13 


3 


Timothy Page, 


18 


Oct. 28 


Benoni Rowell, 


19 


Nov. 18 


Nathaniel Wood, 


25 


3 


Francis Knowlton, 


27 


17 


Joseph Lovewell, 


27 





6. 

Nehemiah Lovewell,* Captain. 
Ebenezer Lyon, 1st Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Jaquis, 2d Lieutenant 
Josiah Brown, Ensign. 

Samuel Barnet, Sergeant, A 
John Wasson, 
Francis Doyne, 
Thomas Nevins, 
Obadiah Maxfield, Corporal, 
Benjamin Vickery, 
Whitcomb Powers, 
James Taylor, 
• Benjamin Hassel, Drummer, 

* Capt. Nehemiah Lovewell was the son of Capt. John Lovewell, " the 
hero of Pequauquauke." He was born January 9, 1726, after his father's 
death, May 8, of the same yeAr. He became noted as a " ranger," deter- 
mined to avenge his father's death. He served^ in various companies 
against the French and Indians. He was a lieutenant in the campaign of 
1756, probably a captain in that of 1759, in the regiment of his uncle. Col. 
Zaccheus Lovewell, and a captain, also, in Col. Gofl'e's regiment of 1760, 
when he was appointed to command a company of rangers, selected from 
the regiment. After the French War, he removed to Corinth, Vt., where 
he has numerous descendants. 



11 


Nov. 31 


26 


31 


27 


31 


27 


31 


13 


31 


15 


31 


27 


19 


18 


19 


12 


Oct. 26 



214 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. 1758. 

James Mann, Private, April 27 Oct. 31 

Henry Hemphill, 27 31 

John Fife, 27 31 

Timothy Knox, 27 31 

James Garven, 27 31 

Jona. Eastman, 27 31 

Stephen McConnel3, 27 31 

William Presby, 27 31 

Jonathan Stickney, 27 31 

William Virgin, 27 31 

Edward Abbott, 27 31 

Benjamin Farnum, 27 31 

Ebenezer Symonds, 27 31 

Elisha Wilkins, 26 died Sept. 21 

Daniel Wilkins, 26 died Oct. 4 

James Ellingvvood, 10 died Oct. 24 

Ebenezer Pierce, 19 died Sept. 19 

Timothy Stewart, 27 died Nov. 22 

Benjamin Hill, 12 died Oct. 1 

Henry Jeffs, May 8 died Oct. 6 

William Hills, April 25 died Oct. 24 

Samuel Bradford, 26 20 

Israel Town, 26 31 

Benjamin Maxwell, 26 20 

Joseph Lovejoy, 2^ 20 

Jacob Crane, 26 31 

Philip Putnam, 26 16 

John Burns, 26 16 . 

Bunker Farwell, 26 16 

Jonathan Lampson, 26 31 

Jesse Converse, 26 16 

John Stevens, 27 31 

Joseph Easterbrooks, 19 31 

Samuel Stearns, 27 16 

Eleazer Comings, 17 31 

Isaac Stearns, 27 16 

John Willoughby, 27 26 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 216 





Time of 


entry. 


Time of discharge. 




17i 


38. 


1758. 


Simeon Blood, 


April 


27 


Oct. 16 


James Hubbard, 




19 


31 


Joseph Thomas, 




10 


27 


Elias Hopel, 




27 


26 


Mark Perkins, 




10 


16 


Aaron Henry, 




15 


31 


Thomas Lanej, 




12 


31 


George Cunningham, 




19 


31 


John Dutton, 


May 


8 


31 


William Clary, 




8 


20 


William McNeil, 


April 


lis 


31 


Elijah Hill, 




18 


26 


William Eliot, 




18 


31 


Joseph Lowell, 




18 


25 


Jeptha Taylor, 




13 


31 


Robert Cunningham, 




18 


31 


Robert McKean, 




13 


31 


Daniel Weston, 




26 


20 


John Gilson, 




15 


31 


Ephraim Butterfield, 




26 


31 


James Matthews, 




28 


31 


Abel Webster, 




27 


31 


Jonathan Fowler 




27 


27 


Christopher Amber, 




27 


27 


Alexander Orr, 




26 


27 


James Miller, 




28 


27 


Samuel McCooneha, 




17 


27 


Samuel Hazeltine, 




27 


16 


James Russ, 




27 


3 


Jonathan Hardy, 




28 


lame. 


Samuel Houston, 




10 not able to go. 


Ebenezer Meloon, 




12 


31 


Daniel Hazeltine,^ 




28 


Nov. 17 


Nathaniel Hazeltine, 




18 


15 


Thomas Killicut, 




10 


17 


Thomas Powers, 




27 


17 


Thomas Chamberlain, Jr., 




12 


19 



216 adjutant-general's report. 





Time of 


entry. 


Time of 


disch 




1758. 


17i 


38. 


John Hogg, 


May 


8 


Nov. 


12 


Stephen Peabody, 


April 


.26 




14 


Alexander Millikin, 




2T 




3 


John Carkin, 




19" 




3 


Peter Wheeler, 




18 


Oct. 


31 


Nathaniel Blood, 




27 




31 


James French, 




27 ' 


Nov. 


18 


Henry Farwell, 




27 




19 


Matthew Chase, 




18 




17 


Abraham Hale, 




27 




14 



7. 
Alexander Todd,* Captain. 
Wilder Willard, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Parker, 2d Lieutenant. 
Benj. Sawyer, Ensign. 

Wm. Adams, Sergeant, April 26 Oct. 30 

Wm. Wilson, 10 30 

James McMurphy, 26 31 

Joseph Parks, 23 30 

* Capt. Alexander Todd, born Jan. 2, 1730, was the son of Andrew 
Todd, of Londonderry, who came to that town from the north of Ireland, 
in 1720. Andrew Todd was in the French and Indian war of 1746 as a 
captain ; in the campaign of 1755 "in the Seven Years' "War " as major, in 
Col. Gilman's regiment of reinforcements, and was colonel of the 8th regi- 
ment of the Provincial Militia in 1767. About this time he moved to 
Peterborough, where he died Sept. 15, 1777, in the 80th year of his age. 
His eldest son, James, born August 1, 1724, was captain of the 3d com- 
pany in the same regiment, and died probably soon after of hemorrhage 
of the lungs. Alexander, his second son, settled upon a farm in Chester, 
now known as the " Todd farm," and situated on the west bank of the 
Merrimack, in that part of " old Chester " or " Cheshire " now Hooksett. 
He was an ensign in the campaign of 1755, in Capt. John Moore's com- 
pany, Col. Blancbard's regiment; again held that office in Capt. John 
Shepard's company. Col. Meserve's regiment, in the campaign of 1756; 
was lieutenant in Capt. Hercules Mooney's corflpany. Col. Meserve's reg- 
iment, in the campaign of 1757 ; was probably in Col. Lovewell's regi- 
ment of 1759; and was captain of the 2d company in Col. Gotfe's regi- 
ment in the campaign of 1760. After the close of the war, in 1760, Capt. 
Todd removed to Londonderry, and resided until his death upon the home- 
stead of his father, being probably in ill health, contracted in the war. He 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



217 



David Dickey, Corporal, 
Jasper Bailey, 
Wm. Hill, 
John Chandler, 
Wm. McDugald, Private, 
John Logan, 
Wm. Johnson, 
Hugh Quinton, 
Thomas Wasson, 
Andrew Cochran, 
Alexander Parker, 
Robert Walker, 
John Mills, 
Joseph Linn, 
James Leggett, 
James Broderick, 
Moses Kennard, 
Benj. Croswell, 
Robert McKnight, 
Matthew Templeton, 
Robert Rankin, 
Hugh Shirley, 
Robert McKinley, 
Wm. Gamble, 
Matthew Wallace, 
Joseph Moore, 
Enoch Moore, 
John Kenney, 
James Aiken, 
James Gilmore, 



Time of entry. 


Time of discharge, 


1758. 


175 


8. 


21 




80 


10 




30 


26 




31 


28 




31 


19 




31 


10 




4 sick, 


11 




30 


12 




30 


13 




30 


13 




31 


13 




31 


11 




31 


15 




30 


10 




30 


17 


Nov. 


3 


17 




3 


20 




2 


18 


Oct. 


27 


20 


Nov. 


21 


24 


Oct. 


27 


21 




30 


25 




30 


26 


Nov. 


4 


26 




27 


26 


Oct. 


30 


26 




81 


26 




31 


26 


never went. 


28 


Oct. 


4 


28 




4 



died of consumption, aged about 45 j-ears. A younger son, John, was lieu- 
tenant in Capt. Amos Gage's company, Col. Meserve's regiment, in the 
campaign of 1757, and was drowned at Amoskeag Falls, in the spring of 
1759, at a narrow passage of very swift water, through a cleft seemingly 
in the rock, known ever after as the " Todd Gut." Thus this " Scotchman 
from the north of Ireland," furnished four otBcers fur "the Seven Years' 
War " for the defense of his adopted country, having doubtless imbibed 
the militai-y spirit from his friends who had experienced the one hun- 
dred and five days of excruciating horrors at the siege of Derry. 



218 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entcy. Time of discharge 





175 


8. 


1758. 


John McAllister, 


April 17 


Oct. 


13 


John Robinson, 


June 


27 




27 


John Wadleigh, 




22 




27 


James Robinson, 


July 


13 




26 


James Chase, 


June 


22 




26 


John Bryant, 




21 




30 


Nathaniel Meloon, 


April 15 




30 


Amariah Doolittle, 




28 




31 


James Wallace, 




28 




31 


Solomon Drown, 


July 


10 


Oct. 


31 


Samuel Magoon, 


June 


21 




'31 


John McDugald, 


April 


18 




31 


Robert Gilmore, 




28 




31 


Edmund Chapman, 


June 


21 




31 


David Edgerlj, 




20 




31 


Thomas Dearborn, 


April 


6 




31 


Elisha Bean, 


July 


13 




31 


Jonathan Kenniston, 


June 


20 




31 


Benja. Mason, 




18 


died in Oct, 


John Roberts, 


July 


13 


die^ 


d in Oct. 


Thomas George, 


April 29 


Nov, 


. 20 sick. 


Wm. McMasters, 




28 




sick. 


James Connor, 


May 


8 




sick. 


Timothy Blaisdell, 


April 27 


Oct. 


19 


Isaac Grove, 


July 


10 




31 



8. 
True worthy Ladd,* Captain. 
David Bagley, 1st Lieutenant. 
Oliver Morse, 2d Lieutenant. 
Trueworthy Dudley,! Ensign. 

* Truoworthy Ladd was from Exeter. He was clerk of Capt. Alcock's 
company, Col. Peter Gilman's regiment, of reinforcements, in 1755; lieu- 
tenant in Capt. Winslow's company. Col. Meserve's regiment, in 1756; 
and lieutenant and captain in Col. Meserve's regiment, in 1757. 

f Ensign Trueworthy Dudley was of Exeter, and a descendant of Kev. 
Samuel Dudley. In the last division of lots in Exeter, in 1725, he was al- 
lotted fifty acres. He was taxed in 1727, and of course had arrived at his 



MILITARY HISTORY- 



Thomas Wadleigh, Sergeant, April 11 

Daniel Shepherd, 

Paul Fifield, 

John Sanborn, 

Samuel Clough, Corporal, 

Daniel Fifield, 

Stephen Heath, 

John Hubbard, 

John Thompson, Private, 

Jacob Sullaway, 

John Ladd, 

Benja. Darling, 

John Calfe, 

Humphrey French, 

John Blaisdell, 

Jonathan Bagley, 

Phineas Bagley, 

Davis Flanders, 

Richard Tucker, 

Abel Sargent, 

Wm. Rowell, 

Josiah Clough, 

Simeon Buswell, 

Robert Stewart, 

John Eastman, 

William Cilley, 

John Newton, 

Nathan Sweat, 

Timothy Clough, 

Wm. Watson, 

Christopher Flanders, 

majority. He was a man of substance and esteem in the town, as we find 
him chairman of the board of selectmen in 1735-38. He was attached to 
the New-Hampshire Regiment as a captain in the Louisburg expedition, 
and was one of the commissioned officers of that regiment who signed the 
paper addressed to the Legislature, containing charges against the commis- 
sary of the regiment, Wm. Earl Treadwell, and asking his dismissal. 



■1628 TO : 


1861. 21i 


le of entry 


. Time of discharge 


1758. 


1758. 


A.pril 11 


Nov. 1 


19 


1 


20 


Oct. 31 


27 


Nov. 1 


11 


Oct. 19 


17 


Nov. 1 


28 


1 


17 


1 


20 


Oct. 31 


11 


31 


11 


Aug. 17 


11 


Nov. 1 


11 


1 


11 


1 


11 


Oct. 31 


11 


19 


11 


10 


11 


31 


11 


Dec. 5 


11 


Aug. 17 


11 


Nov. 1 


11 


Oct. 3 


11 


June. 


11 


Oct. 31 


11 


Nov. 1 


11 


24 


11 


Dec. lost a finger, 


11 


Nov. 1 


11 


Oct. 3 


11 


Nov. 27 


24 


8 



220 adjutant-general's report. 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 

1758. 1758. 

Ezra Tucker, April 24 Nov. 17 

Thomas Lock, 26 died Nov. 21 

Permanus Watson, 11 Oct. 10 

Daniel Cheney, 11 10 

Jeremiah Fowler, 11 Sept. 19 

Samuel Row, 11 Oct. 20 

Cutting Favor, 11 1 

Cornelius Bean, 11 Oct. 31 

Samuel Richardson, 10 22 

Abel Hadlej, 17 31 

Da ie. Gile, 28 19 

Benja. Copps, 28 Nov. 1 

John Haynes, 10 1 

Joshua Prescott, 10 Oct. 10 

Wm. Barrett, April 10 Nov. 1 

Ezekiel Morse, 10 Oct. 2 

Bradbury Richardson, 10 3 

Elisha Quimby, 17 1 

Wm. Collins, 17 Oct. 19 

Charles Dow, 17 10 

Thomas Piper, 17 Aug. 25 

John Marsh, 17 25 

Jonathan Sargent, 17 Oct. 19 

Wm. Creighton, 17 Nov. 1 

Thomas Blaisdell, 19 Oct. 18 

Plummer Hadley, 20 10 

John Quimby, 20 18 

Nathan Dow, 20 Nov. 1 

John Oilman, 20 Sept. 21 

Burnham Webster, 20 Oct. 31* 

Daniel Hunt, 20 10 

Joseph Young, 20 Nov. 1 

Jonathan Connor, 15 1 

John Young, Jr., 24 Aug. 17 

Henry Lancaster Jewell, 24 17 

* Buniham "Webster died November 8. 1758. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



221 





Time of entry. 


Time of discharge. 


% 


1758. 


1758. 


Nathaniel Eastman,* 


April 24 


Nov. 3 


Thomas Welch, 


24 


16 


Nathaniel Merrill, 


24 


Oct. 3 


Hezekiah Sleeper, 


24 


3 


Joseph Bean, 


24 


2 


John Marsh, Jr., 


24 


Nov. 1 


Ebenezer Webster, 


24 


1 


Roger Eastman, 


24 


died Aug. 9 


Daniel ColUns, 


27 


Oct. 19 


David Emerson, 


27 


Nov. 1 


Jonathan Dow, 


27 


Oct. 10 


Richard Sargent, 


27 


19 


Samuel Day, 


27 


21 


Amasa Dow, 


29 


Nov. 1 


Malachi Davis, 


28 


Oct. 31 


Peletiah Daniels, 


28 


Nov. 1 


Iddo Webster, 


28 


1 


Paul Pressey, 


28 Dec. 5, wounded. 


Ralph Blaisdell, 


28 


Nov. 1 


Philip Flanders, 


28 


1 


William Davis, 


28 


1 


Edward Prescott, 


28 


Oct. 3 


Oniscpheras Page, 


28 


died in Oct. 


Moses Pike, 


28 


Nov. 1 


Philip Wells, 


28 


1 


Joshua Woodman, 


28 


1 


Jacob Brigham, 


28 


Oct. 19 


John Emons, 


May 2 


Nov. 1 


Joseph Giles, 


April 10 


Oct. 10 


John Ward Gilman. 






Nathaniel Bartlett. 







* Nathaniel Eastman was a son of Capt. Ebenezer Eastman, of Concord. 
His son, Nathaniel Eastman, lived on "The Mountain," in East Concord; 
and his sons were Timothj' Eastman, of Plymouth, the late Gen. Isaac 
Eastman, Ebenezer Eastman, of East Concord, and Capt. Seth Eastman, 
now of Concord. 



222 adjutant-general's report. 

The roll of the force at Fort William and Mary, for 
the year 1758, was as follows : 

Time of entry. Time of discharge. 





175i 


3. 


17-59. 


Thomas Bell,* Captain, 


Pec. 


18 


May 10 


Benjamin Bell, Private, 




18 


10 


Clement Gradey, 




18 


10 


Henry Foss, 




18 


10 


John Watson, 




18 


10 


John Lang, 




18 


10 


William Brown, 




18 


10 


Csesar Dickson, 




18 


10 



In 1759, this Province raised a regiment of one thou- 
sand men, under the command of Col. Zaccheus Love- 
well, of Dunstable. No roll of this regiment is to be 
found, but the veteran Gofte was its Lieut. Colonel. f 
The regiment had its rendezvous at Dunstable, and 
marched to Albany by the way of Worcester and Spring- 
field, Ms. It was made up, as was usual in all such cases, 
of drafts from each of the regiments of militia in the 
Province. A list of those soldiers " raised out of Col. 
Atkinson's regiment," by such draft, for Col. Lovewell's 
regiment, has been preserved, and is as follows : 

* Capt. Thomas Bell was of Newcastle. His descendants are numer- 
ous in the south-eastern section of the State, — among them being Thomas 
Bell Laighton, formerly of Portsmouth ; at one time a prominent politi- 
cian, Eepresentutive from Portsmouth, Senator from District No. 1, editor 
of the JSew-Hampshire Gazette; for many years last past, the eccentric 
proprietor and landlord of the Appledore House, upon Hog Island, one of 
the Isles of Sho.als, which he purchased some twenty years since, for the 
purpose of erecting a hotel for summer resort, and where he resided until 
his death, without once revisiting the main land. 

f It is only through the zeal of that indefatigable antiquary, Capt. Wm. 
F. Goodwin, U. S. A., of Concord, that the "drafts from Col. Atkinson's 
regiment" and the roll of Capt. Marston's company, in Col. Lovewell's 
regiment, in the campaign of 1759, have been rescued from oblivion. He 
found them among the old and cast out papers in one of the old houses in 
Exeter, undergoing repairs, and secured them. The writer is indebted 
to him for the loan of these and other valuable papers. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



223 



An Account of (he sums paid hy Capi. Samuel Leaviti, 
Muster Master^ and Pai/master of the forces raised out of 
Col. Atkinson's'^ regiment for the Canada expedition, in full 
for bounty, clothing and half pay, allowed by the Gorernour, 
Coumil and Assembly, 1759 : 



MEN'S NAMES. 



Kichard Prout 

James Titcomb 

James Mathews 

"William Ditan 

. Thomas Triggs 

Caleb Berry 

Daniel Driscjll 

Noah Hutchings 

Eeuben Rand 

Samuel Trigges 

John Lowd 

Patrick Merony 

Benjamin Damf 

William Willis 

William Atkins 

Jethro Dam-j- 

Benjamin Daniels... 

Samuel Dyer 

William Nichols 

William 8wain 

William Gregory... 

Robert Seldon 

John Pain 

Sam'l Norris 

Thomas Bow 

John Sevey 

Abraham Sanborn. 
John Allen..'. 

t David Allen 
Nicholas Kenniston 



Sums 
Paid. 



£ s. 



Date of 
Enlistment. 



6 
6 
3 
3 
3 
8 
6 1 



6 1 
3 7 
3 7 
3 7 
3 7 
3 7 
3 7 
6 1 
3 7 
6 1 
6 1 
6 1 
3 7 
6 1 
3 7 



d. 
6 March 

6 April 

i 

6 March 

6 April 

6| 

61 

6 March 

6 April 

6l 

6| March 

6 April 

6j 

6 March 

6 'April 

6 

6 March 

6'April 
6^ March 
6 April 

6! 

6 March 

6| 

6 April 

6| 



30 



10 



Received 
half pay. 



Rich. Prout. 
J as. Titcomb. 



Dan'l Driscoll. 
N. Hutchings. 

S. Trigges. 
John Loud. 



Sam'l Dyer, 

Wm. Swain. 
Wm. Gregory, 
llob't Selden. 

Sam'l Norris. 



A. Sanborn. 



N. Kenniston. 



* Col. Theodore Atkinson was the son of Hon. Theodore Atkinson, of 
Newcastle, where he was born, Dec. 20, 1697. He graduated at Harvard 
College, in the class of 1718. Soon after leaving College, he was appointed 
lieutenant at Fort William and Mary, and clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas. He was for years colonel of the 1st regiment of New-Hampshire 
militia ; also, collector of the customs, naval officer, and high Sheritf of the 
Province. He was appointed Secretary of the Province in 1741, and Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court in 1754. He resigned the office of Secretary 
about 1760, in favor of his son, Theodore Atkinson, Jr., but was re- 
appointed Secretory upon his son's death, in 1769. About the same 
time he was appointed Major General of the militia of the Province, 
and held the three offices until the Revolution. He died September 22, 
1779, aged 82 years. 

f Dam is the name now written Dame. 



224 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



4 



AVilliam Kenniston.. 
Wiildron Kennistoii.. 
Bei>J!imin McKrees.. 

Benjamin Abbot 

John Allen 

John Vawlongs 

Jonathan BU]zendor. 

Thomas Blaso 

Daniel Soloven* 

Ephraim Randf 

Stephen Parker 

Nathaniel Rand 

Samuel Seavey 

Jonathan Thilbrook.. 

Joshua Rand 

Joshua Jennings 

Solomon Mooney 

Grafton Nutter 

AVilliam Brooks 

Samuel Tibbetts 

Alexander Lear 

Sam'l Lear 

Perry Gillson 

Simiuel Row 

Thomas Quint 

Henry Benson 

Walter Sherman 

Nathaniel Hart 

Andrew Nevinf 

James Baldwinf 

Richard Jenkings 

Thomas George 

Solomon Smith 

^Valentine Clark 

John Randall 

Joshua Kenniston 

Jonathan Babson 

Moses Thurston 

John Nealt 

Caiei Frost 

Zebulon Ring 

Eliphalet Smith 

John Kelley 

James Kelley - 

John Davis 

Joshua Dame 

James Haines 

George Mead 

Eichard Ransom 

Nicholas Pierce 

John Johnson 

Josiah Hanniford 

Richard Tucker 



Sums 
paid. 



d. s- 
7 6 

6 



Date of 
enlistment. 



Received half pay. 



March 



363 16 



6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 
6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

el March 

6 

6 

6 

6 April 

6 

G 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

& 

6 



April 

March 

April 

March 



April 
May 
March 
April 

March 

April 

March 



April 



March 



April 



March 
April 



March 

April 

May 



April 



22 

27 

21 

16 
21 
5 
5 
21 
30 
29 
29 
29 
16 
2 
26 
19 
16 
20 
16 
24 
25 
24 
24 

10 
10 
16 

9 

9 

16 
28 
"7 
10 
29 

5 
2 

25 
24 
, 7 
13 

7 
23 
25 
17 
16 
16 



W. Kenniston. 



Dan'l Soloven. 



G. Nutter. 
Wm. Brooks. 



Sam'l Row. 
Thos. Quint. 
Henry Benson. 



R. Jenkings. 
Thos. George. 
Solo. Smith. 
Valen. Clark. 



Zeb. Ring. 
Elipha. Smith. 
John Ivellej'. 
Jas. Kelley. 
John Davis. 



George Mead. 
Nich. Pierce. 



* Soloven, the name nov? written Sullivan. 
f Enlisted out of Col. Downing's regiment. 

j A note on the roll says: "This man's name was written so badly in 
his enlistment, it could not be read." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 225 

This draft from Col. Atkinson's regiment constituted a 
company, but the names of its officers are not kno\Yn. 
' A company was drafted out of Col, Weare's* regiment, 
and was under the command of Capt. Jeremiah Marston, 
of Hampton. His roll was as follows : namely, 

Jeremiah Marston,| Captain. 
John Parker, 1st Lieutenant. 
Joseph Chandler, 2d Lieutenant. 
Melloon, Ensign. 

Hezekiah Jenness, Sergeant, James Johnson, 
William French, James Sanborn, 

* Col. Mcshech Weare was of Hampton-Falls, where he died January 
14, 1786. He was the son of Nathaniel Weare, of Hampton, where he 
was born Juno 16, 1713. He graduated at Harvard College, in 1735. He 
was chosen speaker of the House of Representatives in 1752, and in 1754 
was one of the delegates to the Congress at Albany, and was subsequently 
one of the judges of the superior court. In 1776, January 5, the Congress 
of New-Hampshire, in session at Exeter, resolved itself into a House of 
Representatives, and the day following chose twelve councilors. Col. 
Weare was the first councilor chosen. The councilors retired immedi- 
ately, and chose Col. Weare their president. At the close of the session, 
the House and Council chose a Committee of Safety, to execute the aii'airs 
of the new government until another meeting of the House and Council. 
Col. Weare was elected a member of this committee, which met on the 
20th of January, and chose him chairman of " the Committee of Safety." 
Col. Weare held the office of President of the Council during the war. 
He was also, most of the same time, chairman of "the Committe of 
Safety." In 1777 he was appointed Chief Justice of the State. In 1783 
the new Constitution v/as adopted, and, under the same. Col. Weare was 
elected the first President of the State of New-Hamp.shire. On account 
of ill health Presidcnt'Weare resigned the office before the close of the 
current political year. 

f Capt. .Jeremiah Marston was of Hampton, and a descendant ot Abra- 
ham Marston, one of the early settlers of that town. He was lieutenant , 
in Capt. .John Ladd's company, in Col. Meserve's regiment, in the cam- 
paign of 1757. He was also captain of a company in Col. Goffe's regi- 
ment, in the campaign of 1760, and was present at the surrender of Mont- 
real. After the close of the " Seven Years War" Capt. Marston moved 
to Orford, where he sustained offices of honor in military and civil life, 
and was held in high estimation as a citizen. 

A grandson of Captain Jeremiah Marston resides at Exeter, in the per- 
son of the Hon. Oilman ]Marston, Member of Congress, and distinguished 
as a colonel and general in the late " War of the Rebellion." 

15 



226 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Jonathan Smith, Private, 
Jonathan Philbrick, 
William Towle, 
Benjamin Brown, 
Samuel Marston, 
Jeremiah Gove, 
Joseph Smith, 
Ezra Getchel, 
Toney Harvey, 
David Philbrick, 
Ebenezer Dow, 
Wilham Wallis, 
Jonathan Knowlton, 
Abraham Chfford, 
Nathaniel Shores, 
Samuel Eaton, 
Philip Kelly, 
John Rines, 
Ephraim Row, 
Enoch Page, 
Daniel Folsora, 
Timothy Blake, 
Samuel Perkins, 
Benjamin Sanborn, 
Thomas Roberts, 
Thomas Silley, 
Robert Smart, 
Pain Blake, 
Nathan Brown, 
Simeon Garland, 
Joseph Kennison, 
Benjamin Randall, 
William Blake, 
Gideon Dow, 
James Nelson, 
Melcher Ward, 
Simon Hobbs, 
Ephraim Pettingill, 
Samuel Smith, 



Levi Connor, 
Ezekiel Moulton, 
Matthias Towle, 
Nathaniel Rand, 
Stephen Mason, 
John Ward, 
Jonathan Thomas, 
William Thomas, 
John Dalton, 
John Marston, 
Alexander Parker, 
Nathan Blake, 
David Merrill, 
Robert Judkins, 
Elijah Hoag, 
Moses Sweet, 
Isaac Fellows, 
Timothy Dalton, 
Caleb Philbrick, 
Cuff Wenser, 
Robert McKean, 
Samuel Elkins, 
Elijah Cram, 
James Rupert, 
Robert Sanborn, 
John Page, 
Nathaniel Drake, 
William Smart, 
Ezekiel Straw, 
Samuel Hoyt, 
Eleazer Gove, 
Nason Cass, 
Samuel Dalton, 
John Nudd, 
Samuel Sleeper, 
Elijah Rowell, 
Jeremiah Gove, 
Paul Greenleaf, 
Jonathan Smith, 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 227 

James Royall, Ebenezer Dow, 

William Gross, Caleb Bennett, 

Eben Small, Ephraim Brown, 

Samuel Elkins, Jeremiah Page. 

Prior to the arrival of the several companies to the 
place of rendezvous, they were under the immediate com- 
mand of the Governor, and he issued special orders to 
each company. Gov. Wentvvorth's order to Capt. Mars- 
ton has been preserved, and is as follows:* 

PROVINCE OP NEW-HAMPSHIRE. 

To Capi. Jeremiah 3Iarston: 

You are hereby directed to assemble the company of 
foot, raised for the Canada expedition, and under your 
command, without loss of time, and march them to Dun- 
stable, where you will receive orders from Col. Love- 
wellf for your further proceeding toward Albany. If your 
whole company can not be got together at one and the 
same time, you are to have a prudent and careful person 
to collect them and follow you to Dunstable. 

Given at Portsmouth thq 12th day of May, 1759. 

B. Wentworth. 

These orders became necessary for the want of any in- 
termediate officers betwixt the commander-in-chief and 
the commanders of regiments and companies. The officeg 
of majors and brigadier generals, adjutant generals, brig- 
ade majors, aids, and the like, were then unknown to the 
Province. 

* It is in the possession of Gen. Oilman Marston, of Exeter, -who has 
the papers of his ancestors bound up in a substantial form. If all our 
people had been as careful in the preservation of old papers as Gen. Mars- 
ton, the materials for a complete history of our State might be readily 
found, without the endless labor of groping in the dark for them, and often 
times finding them lost beyond recovery. The General has our thanks for 
the loan of the volume, replete with interesting matter. 

f Col. Zaccheus Lovewell was the brother of the famous Indian fighter, 
Captain John Lovewell, and was born at Dunstf^ble the 24th of July, 1701, 
On the raising of the regiment, in 1759, he received the appointment of 
colonel. In July he was ordered to Niagara, and served under Gen. 
Johnson. He died at Dunstable, April 12, 1772, in the 71st year of his 



228 adjutant-general's report. 

The regiment marched, by order of Col. Lovewell, to 
"Worcester, under Col. Gofte, and from there was order- 
ed by him to march to Springfield the 25th of May, 
where it was to be mustered in by the muster-master. 
The regiment went from Springfield to Albany, and 
served at the reduction of Fort Niagara, going by the way 
of Fort Stanwix* and Oswego. f 

* Fort Stanwix was at the source of the Mohawk river, in what is now 
Kome, N. Y. It was named in honor of Gen. Stanwix, a British officer, 
who built the fort. It was built to hold in check the Indians, as it was 
located at the " carrying place'.' betwixt the waters flowing into Lake Onta- 
rio and those flowing into the Atlantic, the great thoroughfare of the In- 
dians of the north-west and the Atlantic coast. 

f Oswego had been the site of a fort on the south side of Lake Ontario, 
at the mouth of the Onondaga river. It was an important British post, 
but was lost by the pusillanimous conduct of the British commander in 
1756. On the morning of the 13th of August Montcalm opened his 
trenches before Fort Ontario, on the opposite side of the river from Oswego. 
It withstood his heavy fire for a day, and returned it with spirit, but then 
their ammunition failed, and the fort was abandoned, — the survivors re- 
treating across the river to Fort Oswego. This was attacked with vigor, 
and surrendered in the evening of the 14th of August. Then followed 
French perfidy ! In the face of the terms of the capitulation the Indians 
" were permitted to plunder all, and massacre many of the captives," and 
" the sick and wounded were slain and scalped under the Indian knife." 
These forts were destroyed by the French. There were some fourteen 
hundred men in the garrison, principally of the regiments of Shirley and 
Pepperell. These officers had been promoted, and their regiments were 
under the command of Col. Mercer, the commandant of the fort. Col, 
Pepperell, who raised and had commanded one of these regiments, was the 
hero of Louisburg, Sir William Pepperell. He was born in Kittery, Me., 
June 27, 1(396. He was the son of James Pepperell, who had resided at 
the Isles of Shoals, and carried on the business of fishing. Prospering in 
his business, he moved upon the main land, and settled at Kittery Point, 
where he became a wealthy merchant. His son William inherited his 
father's property and energy, and added largely to his inheritance. He 
was highly esteemed, and was a member of His Majesty's Council for 
thirty-two years. He commenced his militai'y career early in life, being 
in command of a company of cavalry at 21, colonel of his regiment at 30 
years of age, and in command of all the militia of the District of Maine, 
In 1730 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas, 
which office he held to the time of his death. 

In 1745 he was appointed by the Governor of Massachusetts lieutenant 
general of the forces raised for the reduction of Louisburg. On the 17tli 
of June, Louisburg capitulated, after a siege of one month and seventeen 
days, and Lieut. Gen. Pepperell marched into the citj' at the head of his 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 229 

The year 1759 was particularly signalized by the taking 
of Ticonderoga and Quebec, in which achievements troops 
from New-IIampshire had the honor of participating. It 
also was signalized by one of those strikingly perilous in- 
cidents of border warfare, that so often occur in the his- 
tory of our frontier wars, and so forcibi}' illustrate the 
truth of the remark, that " truth is stranger than fiction." 

It had been the policy of the French government to fos- 
ter the hatred of the Indians towards the English. They 
not only planned and fitted out various expeditions of the 
Indians against the English settlements, knowing their 
brutal modes of war/are — offering bounties for prisoners 
and scalps — but they established a place of refuge for all 
those malcontent and out-lawed savages, whom the suc- 
cesses of our brave English colonists had driven from New- 
England. This was the village of St. Francis. Situated 
at the junction of the St. Francis river witli the St. Law- 
rence, it was in easy communication with Montreal and 
Quebec, as well as with the frontiers of I^ew-England. 
Here congregated the remnants of the followers of Philip, 
Kancamagus, Paugus, Wahawah and Mesandowit ; and 
from here came hordes of their descendants, their thirst 
for revenge nursed by French policy, to visit death and 
destruction upon the frontiers of New-England. Hun- 
troops, and received the keys of the fortress. For his services in this 
expedition Gen. Pepperell was created a baronet of Great Britiiin, and 
appointed a colonel, with authority to raise a regiment in the British line. 
Gov. William Shirley, of Massachusetts, was also appointed a colonel, as 
a reward for his services, with the same authority. They raised their reg- 
iments, and they were taken at Oswego, as before related. Before this 
misfortune, Sir William Pepperell had been appointed a major-general by 
His ^Majesty, and had been assigned to take command of the eastern front- 
ier, which accounts for his not being present and sharing the fate of his 
regiment. Sir William was to have had command of the expedition 
against Crown Point, gotten up this year, but the envy and duplicity of 
Gen. Shirley prevented. Had he led the expedition the result mii^ht have 
been diflerent. By the death of Lt. Gov. Phipps the government of 
Massachusetts devolved upon the Council, and Sir William, as President, 
was de facto governor until the arrival of Gov. Pownal. During this time 
he was appointed by the Council commander of Castle William, in Boston 
harbor, 'and lieutenant-general of the militia of Massachusetts. Sir Wil- 
liam Pepperell died July G, 1759, in the 63d year of his age. 



230 adjutant-general's report. 

dreds of its citizens had fallen by the rifle and hatchet, 
burnished and sharpened at the hearth-stones of this vil- 
lage ; and when retribution came, six hundred scalp-locks 
were found dangling from poles in front of the wigwams 
of St. Francis — trophies of savage revenge and victory. 

Gen. Amherst* determined to chastise them. For this 
purpose he detached Major Rogers and a select party of 
his Rangers, and sent them to St. Francis, with orders to 
attack that and other settlements " in such a manner 
as shall most effectually disgrace and injure the enemy," 
but to spare women and children. A large part of 
this detachment, both ofroiEcers and men, was from 

* Jeffery Amherst was born in 1717, at Riverhead, England. He was 
appointed an ensign at 14 years of age. At the age of 25 he was aid-de- 
camp to Lord Ligonier at the battles of Dettingen and Fontenoy. Subse- 
quently he was attached to the staff of the Duke of Cumberland, in the 
battles of Laffeld and Hastenbeck. In 1756 he was put in command of a 
regiment destined for America. Boon after, he was commissioned a 
major-general, and in the summer of 1758 had the command of the land 
forces at the second siege of Louisburg. Returning to England, he was 
made commander-in-chief of the British forces in America, and came 
again to America, arriving" at New- York December 12, 1758. Amherst's 
reputation raised great espectations in the public mind, both in America 
and England ; but he could not control the elements, and after driving the 
French from Ticonderoga and Crown Point, and following their retreat- 
ing army down Lake Champlain, storms and cold weather forced him 
to return and go into winter quarters at Crown Point, instead of ac- 
complishing the plan of the campaign — that of forming a junction with 
"Wolfe and completing the conquest of Canada. In the campaign of 1760, 
however, he was successful, and his efforts were crowned by the surrender 
of Montreal and the overthrow of the French power in Canada. He was 
made Governor-General of the British Provinces in America soon after, 
but in 1763 he resigned and returned to England. In 1770 he was Gov- 
ernor-General of Guernsey and its dependencies. In 1772 he was a mem- 
ber of the Privy Council, lieutenant-general of the ordnance, and com- 
mander-in-chief of the English forces. In 1776 he was created a peer, 
with the title of Baron Amherst of Holmesdale in Kent. Subsequently he 
received another patent of peerage, with the title of Baron Amherst of 
Montreal. In 1793 he was again appointed commander-in-chief of the 
British army, but was superseded in 1795 by the Duke of York. The 
Government appointed him a field-marshal, and offered him an earldom, 
but he indignantly refused both honors. The following year, however, he 
accepted the ofBce of field-marshal. Lord Amherst died in 1797, in the 
81st year of his ago. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 231 

New-Hampshire, selected by Rogers himself, for their bra- 
very and experience. They passed down Lake Champlaia 
to Missisque Bay,* and there left their boats in charge of 
two Indians, wlio were to remain until the party returned, 
unless the enemy discovered the boats. In such case the 
guard was to 'follow and inform Rogers of the ftict. Maj. 
Rogers and his party, the 23d of September, left the bay, 
and struck boldly into the wilderness, but on the 25th 
were overtaken by the Indians who were left in charge 
of the boats, with the disheartening intelligence that the 
enemy had discovered their boats, and were in pursuit of 
the party. There was no alternative but to push on, out- 
march the pursuers, destroy the fated village, return by 
Lake Memphremagog and the Connecticut, and thus ac- 
complish their object and elude their pursuers. Lieut. 
McMillen was then sent back across the country to Crown 
Point, to inform Gen. Amherst of their situation, that he 
might order provisions to be sent up the Connecticut to 
the mouth of the Ammonoosuck river, for the use of the 
party, should they live to return that way. The Rangers 
then, nothing daunted, continued their march through the 
wet, marshy ground, for nine days ; sleeping nights upon 
a sort of hammock made of boughs, to keep them from 
the water ! The tenth day from the bay they arrived 
within fifteen miles of the devoted town. The place was 
then reconnoitered by Rogers and two of his officers on 
the 6th of October, and the Indians were discovered in 
the greatest glee, celebrating a wedding. Rogers then 
returned to his party, and at 8 o'clock in the morning of 
the 7th of October advanced to within four hundred yards 
of the village. Before sunrise the attack was made by an. 
advance in three divisions. The surprise was so com- 
plete that the Indians had no time to rally, defend or 
escape. t Two hundred were killed upon the spot; twenty 

* Missisque Bay is an arm of Lake Cbamplain, reaching some four or 
five miles into Lower Canada, betwixt Svvanton and Highgate. It con- 
tains about thirty-five square miles. 

f Lieut. Jacob Farrington, of Andover, Ms., and Benjamin Bradley, 
of Concord, burst open the door of the house, where the wedding had taken 
place over night. They were very large and stout men, and pushed so 



232 adjutant-general's report. 

of their women and children were taken prisoners; all of 
their houses except three were burned, and with them, 
as was supposed, many Indians, who had hidden from 
the onslaught. This complete destruction was effected 
before 7 o'clock in the morning of the 7th of October, 
with such thoroughness and celerity had the liangers com- 
pleted their work. Their errand of revenge accomplished, 
then commenced their troubles. Upon roll call it was 
found that Capt. Ogden and six privates were wounded, 
and a Stockbridge Indian killed. They then commenced 
their march for Connecticut river. After marching eight 
days their provisions failed upon the shore of Lake Mem- 
phreraagog, and they separated into parties, the better to 
obtain game, and made for "the mouth of the Ammo- 
noosuck" as best they might. It was a march for life ; 
starvation in front, and the enemy pressing in the rear. 
Some twenty were killed or taken prisoners. Others died 
of starvation, and all were obliged to live upon boiled 
powder-horns, bullet-pouches, bark of trees, ground-nuts 
and lily-roots, while some appeased their gnawing hunger 
by feeding upon human flesh ! * 

Major liogers, Capt. Ogden, and Lieutenant Avery, with 
their parties, arrived at the "Coos Intervals," after 

hard against the door that the hinges gave way, and Bradley fell headlong 
into the room among the sleeping savages ! Kecovering his feet, he and his 
companion, using knife and hatchet, killed every Indian in the room 
•without meeting any resistance. Eeturning from St. Franci.s, Bradley 
and two companions started from the mouth of the Ammonoosuck for 
Concord, but were lost, and perished north of the White Mountains. 

* It is highly probable that most of the Rangers in returning from this 
expedition resorted to the dreadful alternative of eating human flesh. Lt. 
George Campbell acknowledged that he and his party, "on the 28th of 
October, in crossing a small stream, dammed up with logs, espied some 
human bodies scalped and horribly mangled." " They did not even wait 
for a fire to prepare their ghostly banquet, but ate, like wild beasts of the 
flesh of their companions." Sergeant Evans, of another party, acknowl- 
edged that he ate human flesh, and that his party partook of the same. 
Lt. Phillips said his party were about to kill a prisoner for food, but that 
the killing of a musk-rat prevented the murder. As he was a half-breed 
Mohawk Indian, and the Mohawks were named from the fact that they 
feasted upon the flesh of their enemies, Phillips would probably have had 
no great antipathy to eating human flesh to save him from starvation ! 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 233 

incredible hardships, " dejected aud miserable," to find 
that the officer who had b en despatched to "the mouth 
of the Ammonoosuck' by Gen. Amherst, with provisions, 
had left for "IlTumber Four," leaving none of his provis- 
ions, but a " fresh tire burning in his camp." Maj. Rog- 
ers, Capt. Ogden and a Ranger, though so weak as hardly 
able to move, with a captive Indian boy, started down the 
Connecticut "on a raft of dry pine trees," and after almost 
incredible eifforts arrived at Number Four, and "a canoe 
was. despatched up the river with provisions for their suf- 
fering companions."* 

In 1760 a regiment of eight hundred men was raised in 
the Province, for the expedition for the invasion of Can- 
ada. This was under the command of Col, John Goffe, 
of Derryfield, (now Manchester). The regiment had its 
rendezvous at Litchfield, and marched by the way of Mon- 
son, (now Milford), Peterborough and Keene, to Number 
Four, and then cut a road through the wilderness, twenty- 
six miles, to the Green Mountains, and from thence went 
to Crown Point, following the road, cut mainly by the 
Rangers under Capt. Stark, the year previous. This was 
a laborious aud hazardous enterprise. They had to clear 
the road — a mere bridle path — from Merrimack to 
Keene. They crossed the Connecticut at Charlestown, at 
"Wentworth's Ferry. On the west bank of the Connecti- 
cut, and near the mouth of Bhick river, they built a block- 
house and enclosed the same with pickets, as a protection 
in case of disaster. They were forty-four days in cutting 
the road to the foot of the Green Mountains, which they 
crossed, packing or hauling their stores over the moun- 
tains on horse-barrows. A large drove of cattle followed 
them for the army at Crown Point. 

* The Rev. Mr. Powers altogether mistakes the facts when he suggests, 
in his History of the " Coos Country," that the " tradition must be fabulous 
that speaks of a company of men sent up the river as far as Coos, for the 
relief of Rogers' men, and of their returning just when Rogers' men came 
up to witness the yet living embers they had left behind them." Equally 
in error is he, when he suggests that no party with provisions were sent. 
If he had read the cotomporary history of that time he would never 
have fallen into the error. Rogers and Campbell are explicit upon the 
subject. 



234 adjutant-general's report. 

The officers of this regiment were as follows : namely, 

John Goft'e, Colonel. * 
Jacob Bayley, Lieut. Colonel. 
Richard Emery, Major. 
Samuel MacCHntock,* Chaplain. 
Samuel Hobart, Adjutant. 
Benjamin Hobbs, Quarter-Master. 
John Lamson,t Surgeon. 
Asaph Price, Surgeon's Mate. 

* Dr. Samuel MacClintock was the minister of Greenland. He was the 
son of William MacClintock, who lived at Medford, Ms., where Samuel 
was born, May 1, 1732. He graduated at Princeton, in 1751. He set- 
tled in the ministry at Greenland, in 1756, where he had supplied the 
desk for the aged Mr. Allen. He was of warm temperament, and encour- 
aged enlistments in the army destined for the overthrow of the French 
power in America. That his practice might tally with his preaching, he 
volunteered as chaplain for Col. Goffe's regiment. He continued with his 
regiment until after the fall of Montreal and its return to Crown Point, 
which place he left September 22, and returned home, accompanied by 
Moses Ham, Samel Sleeper and Henry Hill as a guard. In the war of the 
Eevojution he warmly espoused the patriot cause, went into active service, 
officiated as chaplain, "in turn with other clergymen in the Province," for 
the New-Hampshire troops in the vicinity of Boston, in 1775, and was the 
regularly appointed chaplain of Stark's regiment of 1775, and Cilley's of 
1776 ; the former ever speaking of him with pleasure as " my chum2ilain." 
Dr. MacClintock died April 27, 1804, in the 76th year of his age. 

f Dr. John Lamson was of Exeter, where he was born about 1736, He 
was appointed surgeon's mate in Col. Meserve's regiment in the campaign 
of 1757 against Crown Point. He was with the battalion under Lieut. 
Col. Goffe that was stationed at Fort William Henry, and was one of the 
ill-fated garrison that was surrendered with the fortress to the treacherous 
French, and shared in the horrors of that massacre. He was taken pris- 
oner b}' the Indians on that occasion, and treated in a brutal manner. He 
was carried among the Cognawaugna tribe, and adopted by one of them. 
Finding his situation most intolerable, he escaped and succeeded in reach- 
ing Montreal, where he gained an interview with the Governor, the Mar- 
quis de Vaudreuil, who advised hira to return to his Indian master, and 
ptomised to ransom him. Lamson did as he was advised, and the Governor 
did as he had promised, and took him to Montreal, but still treated him as 
a prisoner, and sent him to Quebec, where he was confined for days in the 
common prison. Succeeding in making known his rank to some of the 
higher officers, he was granted the liberty of the city upon his parole, and 
was soon sent to France in a cartel-ship. From thence, after his 
exchange, he went to Plymouth, in England. Here he was arrested as a 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 



235 



Companies. 

1. 

Samuel Gerrish, Captain. 
Ebenezer Chamberlain, First Lieutenant. 
John Drew, Second Lieutenant. 
David Copps, Ensign. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


C! 

Cm 

o . 


Ti • eof is- 
■ cliarge. 


"3 




"William Evans, Serg't, 
Samuel Kenny, 


1760. 
March 


8 

14 

8 

8 

8 

8 

10 

12 

8 
8 
8 


1760. 
Nov. 27 
27 

27 

23 
27 

27 
27 
12 
27 


8 

8 

8 

14 

8 
8 

8 

8 

14 

8 




Jacob Chamberlain 


Left at block -house atWent- 


Benj. Leathers, Drnm'r, 
Benjamin Ash, Private, 


worth's Ferry. 
Went to Albany with the 

sick. 10th Oct. 
Deserted 19th Jalv. 1760, at 


llobert A.i^h 


[15 Mile Post.* 
Left at Number Four. 






Sick, went to Albanv 24th 


Andrew Baker, 


[Oct. 



French spy, from the fact of his speaking the French language fluently, 
and put in prison. He addressed a letter to the authorities of the city, 
reciting his misfortunes, wbich attracted attention. Some British officers 
visited him out of curiosity, obtained his discharge, and introduced him 
to Gen. Wolfe, father of the immortal Wolfe, of " the plains of Abra- 
ham." Gen. Wolfe obtained for him the berth of surgeon's mate in his 
own regiment ; but young Lamson, wishing to return to America, AVolfe 
obtained for him the position of surgeon's mate on board of the man-of- 
war Warwick, then bound for America. Arriving in Boston, he visited 
his friends in Exeter, and early in 1759 volunteered and joined the New- 
Hampshire regiment under Col. Zaccheus Lovewell, and accompanied that 
regiment in his professional capacity. After accompanying hs regiment 
in the present expedition, and witnessing the fall of Montreal, and that 
power where and from which he had suffered so much wrong, he quietly 
settled at Exeter, and became distinguished in his profession. He died at 
Exeter in November, 1774, aged about 38 years. Those who would excuse 
Montcalm and the French for their perfidy at Fort William Henry, would 
do well to note the outrageous treatment of Dr. Lamson, a soldier and a 
surgeon, released with the honors of war, suffered to be carried into cap- 
tivity by the savages, is ransomed, treated as a prisoner, and thrown into 
a common prison with felons, sent to France and exchanged, and yet the 
ofBcers, knowing all these facts, are to be hold blameless! 

* In cutting and building the road from Wentworth's Ferry to the 
Green Mountains, the miles were numbered and marked upon posts set up 
for the purpose. 



236 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 


a 

Cm 
O 

H 




1 

H 

14 

8 
8 
8 

16 
8 
8 

8 

8 
8 
8 
8 

8 
8 
8 

14 

8 

14 

8 
8 
8 

8 
8 

14 

8 
8 
14 
8 
8 

8 
8 
8 

8 




Jona Bickford, 


1760. 
March 10 

I 

8 

8 

8 

8 

10 

10 

10 

12 

15 

13 

17 

17 

8 

10 

8 

10 

6 

• 8 

8 

10 

10 

8 

6 

6 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 

10 

10 

10 

10 

12 

12 

11 

13 

18 

8 

8 

14 

14 

April 7 

March 8 

8 

K 

10 


1760. 

Nov. 
27 

27 
27 

27 
27 

27 

27 
27 
27 
27 
Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 
27 

21 

27 
21 

13 

2,7 
27 

y,i 

27 
27 

21 

27 

27 

2 

• 27 
27 

27 
27 
27 
13 

27 

13 
27 


Albany, 10th Oct., Oct. 25. 




Ephraim Chamberlain, 
Jonathan Copps, 


[15 Mile Post. 
Deserted 15th Oct. 1760, at 




Nicholas Carpenter, 

John Connor, 


Number Four, 13th Nov. 


John Cloutnian, 


[Crown Point. 
Died 15th Oct., 1760, at 


Thomas Carter 


Benjamin Copps, 




John Cook, 

Benjamin Chesley, 

Samuel Copps, 


Deserted 19th July, at 15 
[Mile Post. 


Jeremiah Crummett, ... 
Philip Crummett, 


With Capt. Tilton, joined 

^ [at Crown Point. 
At Number Four. 


Frank Elliott 


Left at No. 4, and deserted 


John Edo'erlv, 


[from there 14th July, as Lt. 
[Stevens informed, 
[with small-pox. 
Left at Crown Point, sick 


Joseph Eolsom, 


Benjamin Gerrish, 

Moses Garland, 


Mark Giles, 


Albany 13th Nov., Jan. 10. 


John Gerrish, 


Joseph Giles, 


Albany 13th Nov., Jan. 10. 
Desert'd 19 July, 15 Mile P. 


Ebenezer Garland, 

Nath'l Hanson, 


John St an ion, 


At Number Four. 


Nathan Horn, 




Samuel Ham, 


Left at Number Four. 


Aaron Ham, 


[Oct., died Nov. 1. 
Sick, went to Albany 24th 
Sent home, or discharged by 
[Col. Gotfe, at No. 4, about 

[the 15'th July. 
On furlough home from C'n 


Richard Howard, 


John Horn, 


John Hills 


Jacob Hos^sum, 

Moses Ham, 


William Hart 


Pt. 22 Sept., with Mr. Mc- 

Clintock. 
Albany, 13 Nov.; left sick 

[4th Feb. 
No. 4, 23d Oct. 




Daniel Hall, 


Zekiel Havs, 


Sick, sent to Alb'y iO Oct. 


Daniel Herd, 






Nathaniel Herd 


Died 25 Sep., 1760, Cr'n Pt. 
Deserted from No. 4., 19th 
[July, Lt. Stevens informed. 


Abraham Johnson, 

Ezra Kimball 






James Lairev, 


At No. 4. 


Thomas Leigh ton,. ....... 

Jonathan Leighton, 

John Lavn, 


Deserted 19 Jul., 15 M. Post. 
At No. 4. 


Mark Leighton, 





MILITARY HISTORY — 1G33 TO 1861. 



237 



ME>-'8 NAMES. 


o 




"3 






H 


1760. 


^ 






1760. 




Jonathan Murra}-, 


:March 8 


Nov. 27 




Joined aiterward at Crown 
Pt. with Dr Stone, in lieu 
of Nutter ; joined him at 
No. 4, — Nutter being a de- 
serter from the Hangers. 


Joseph Maloney, 


11 

10 

8 

8 

8 


13 
27 
27 
27 


8 
8 
8 


Died Nov. 17, at Crown Pt. 


David MtTrow, 


At No. 4. 


ISrithias Nutter, 




Paul Nute 




Nichohis Massiner, 


Left sick. 


Soloman Perkins, 


8 


27 


8 




Thomas Peevy, 


15 


27 


8 




Reuben Kand, 


6 
8 
8 
8 


27 
Oct. 4 
Nov. 27 

27 


8 
8 




]\Ioses Rifker, 


At No. 4. 


TViiliani Riohev, 




Samuel llichard.-oa, 


Deserted 19 July, but joined 










the reg. again at Crown Pt; 


Thomas Ransom, 


10 


27 


8 


beginning Sept. 


William Stf'vens, 


10 


27 


8 


To Jan. 10. 


"William Stagpole, 


10 


27 


8 




Otis Stasjpole, 


12 




14 


At Albanv, Nov. 13. 


Thomas Tuttle, 


8 


27 




Deserted from ye block-ho. 
[at W. F'y, la-t July, 1760. 
At Albany, 13th Nov. 


Samuel Tibbetts, 


8 
8 


27 

21 


8 
14 


Benjamin Titcomb, 


Benjamin Twombly, 


8 


27 


8 




Jacob Tibbetts, 


8 
8 


27 


8 




Enoch Titcomb, 


Died Sept. 14, Isle AuNoix. 
Died ve 10th Oct., 1760, at 


Isaac Tasker, 


13 








Crown Point. 


Lemuel Twombly, 


13 






Died 16th Sept. on ye lake, 
as he was coming back to 
Crown Piiint. 


"William "Williams 


8 






Deserted 15 Julv, 15 Mi. Po. 


Ezekiel "Wentwurth, 


8 


27 


8 


No. 4, loth Nov. 


IMoses Wentworth, 


8 






Died ye 21st Oct. at Cr'n Pt. 


"William Watson, 


10 

9 

10 


21 
27 


8 


No. 4, 16th Nov. 


Joshua Wells 




J oh n Watson, 


No. 4, 13th Nov. 


Bi'njamin Wentworth,.. 


10 






No. 4, Oct. 13, died Oct. 27. 


Closes AVentworth, 


10 


27 


8 


Jan 10th. 


Geori;e "\Villard, 


11 


27 


8 




Grant Wentworth, 


11 


27 


8 


Left sick 25th Dec. 


JVIoses "Yount;, 


8 


27 






Samuel Youn<;, 


8 


27 


8 






8 


27 




Deserted 19th July, but John 
Young joined the regt. in 












8 


27 




his stead, beginning Sept. 


Daniel Wentworth, 


8 


21 


14 


Albanv, 13th Nov. 


Peter Drisco, 


8 






Died 14th Nov. at Cr'n Pt. 


Jo>eph Folsom, 


10 


27 






Samuel Demmcril, 


10 


27 


8 





238 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



men's names. 


o 

H 


'■3 6 
<»-, so 

H 






Samuel Drew, 


1760. 
March 


13 

13 

9 

8 
10 

21 
10 
21 


1760. 




Deserted from the block- 


Gershom Drown, 


house at W. Ferry, last of 

July, 17G0. 
Left at ye block-house at 

W. Perry, Jan. 10. 
Sick, went to Albany, 24th 

Oct. Died 27th Oct. 
Died 5th Oct. at Crown Pt. 


I^ehemiah Kimball, 

JMoses Jloberts, 


Joshua Prescott, 


Never joined nor passed 
muster. 
Not joined nor mustered. 
Not joined nor mustered. 
Not joined nor mustered. 


"William Wyman 

John Peevy, 


Edward Costello 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1628 TO 1861. 



239 



CaiJiain Todd's Compani/. 
Alexander Todd, Captain. 
John Gofle, First Lieutenant. 
James McMurphy, Second Lieutenant. 
Thos. McLaughlin,* Ensign. 



men's names. 




Time of 
discharge. 


"3 




Sam'l Thompson, Serg'l 
Hugh Quinten 


1760. 
March 

April 

March 

April 

March 

April 

March 

April 

March 

April 

March 

April 
March 


6 
11 

18 
8 
7 

24 

20 
5 

13 
8 

22 

22 

5 

15 

10 

16 

7 

24 

31 

8 

10 

14 

14 

14 

It 

25 

7 

7 

8 

10 

12 

13 

14 

14 

20 


1760. 
Nov. 13 
30 

13 
Oct. 23 
Nov. 13 

Oct. 24 

Nov. 27 

13 

13 
Oct. 28 
Nov. 13 

27 

14 

13 

27 

25 

Oct. 23 
23 

Nov. 13 


14 

8 

8 
14 


No. 4. 

Sick and went to Albanv 24 


Thomas Miller 


[October. 
Sick, went to Alban. Oct. 24, 
[died Nov. 15. 


Alex. McMurphy 

David Weatherspoon ... 
K. Alexander, Private... 
tSam'l Aevrs 


James Alexander 


No. 4. 


James Broderiok 


No. 4. 


George Cunningham 

William Clogstone 

Nalh'l Campbell 


No. 4. 

Joined Capt. Lovewell's for 
John Taggart. Died 17th 
Oct. 1760, at Crown Point. 

No. 4. 


John Caldwell 




"Wm. Dickey 


[Nov. 15. 
Deserted at Crown Point 


Matthew Dickey 


"William Elliot 


No. 4. 


John £nnis....- 


Discharged at Monsonf May 

[30. 
No. 4. 


James Graham 


Roger Gilmore 


James Gilmore 


No. 4. 


John Gilmore 


No. 4. 


John Hoit 


Died 27th Sept. at Crown 

[Point. 
No. 4. 13th Nov 


"William Henderson 

Saml Hambleton 


William Humphrey 

William Hopkins 

William Johnson 


Desert. Nov. 18, at C. Point. 
No. 4. 13th Nov. 
Albany, 13th Nov. 
No. 4. 


Robert Kennedy 


William Logan 




John Mitchell 




James McColley 


No. 4 13th Nov 


James IMcGee 




Daniel McKinney 

Alox. McCoy 


No. 4. 


Robert Moore..... 


No. 4. 


Michael Moran 





* Thomas McLaughlin was of Bedford. He was lieutenant in Capt. 
John Moore's company. Col. Stark's regiment, at the battle of Bunker 
Hill, and was made captain of his company the morning after the battle, 
in place of Moore, promoted. 

f Monson is now Milford. 



240 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



men's names. 


a 

Cm 
O 
0.' X 


■'3 © 

S o 


"3 

g 
H 

8 

8 

14 
14 

8 

8 
4 

8 
14 
14 

8 






1760. 
April 

March 

April 
March 

April 
March 

April 
March 


24 

26 

30 

30 

31 

1 

1 

2 

2 

4 
4 

7 
7 
10 
18 
18 
17 
27 
13 
26 
13 
22 
26 
7 
21 
30 

2 
11 
14 
14 

24 
26 
27 
1 
15 


1760. 
Oct. 26 

Nov. 27 
27 

13 

22 
2U 

27 

27 
13 

8 

Oct. 6 

Nov. 22 

27 

13 

13 
22 

Oct. 22 
13 

23 


Sick, sent to Albany 10th 


Nath'l ^lartin 


[Oct. 

No. 4. 
Albany do. 
do. do. 


William McDu^^ald 

Archibald McDuffee 

Alexander McNiel 

Archibald McCoUester .. 

William McCollester 

Daniel McWaine 


William MacClure 

Charles Aluore 




Eobert McKindly 

Joseph McCartiiee 

John Mills 








George Ou<j;hterson 

James Oughterson 

James Patterson 


Went to Albany 10th Oct. 


Nath'l Patterson 


No. 4. 


James Quinton 


Albany do. 
Deserted 18th Nov. 


David Bead 


Hugh Shirley 


No. 4. 










Eobert Stewart 




John Tao'o'art 


No. 4, 


Archibald Taggart 

William Thompson 




AVilliam Wilson 




Sam'l W^allis 




Benja. Wilson 






No. 4. 


James Wright 




Kobert V^asson 




Joseph Wallis 




John MacAUister 

James Weatherspoon... 


No. 4. 

Not joined nor mustered. 

2 to Albany, ye 10th and 24th 
Oct., 2 serg'ts and 2 men, 
No. 4, 23d Oct., 7. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



241 



Captain N. LovcwcU's Comparii/. 

Neheraiah Love well, Captain. 
John Moor, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Taylor, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Hobart, Eusij>;n. 



men's names. 




James Taylor, Sergeant 

John Gilson 

David Allds, Private.... 

Silas Barns 

Ebonezer Coston 

Ephraim Cowen , 

Joseph Combs 

Eeiiben Colburn , 

Robert Cunningham 

Jotham Cummings 

Job Dow 

Benja. Davis 

James Harwood , 

John Huston 

James Karr 

John Kidder 

Thomas Kennedy , 

Amos KinneV: 

Sam'l Moor , 

John Miller 

James Maxwell , 

John McColley 

Francis Powers , 

Isaac Powers 

George Pearsons 

Valentine Sullivan , 

"William Thomas 

John Taggart , 

John Vicory 

.Joshua Wright 

Stephen Geoi-ge 



i-e 
March 




April 

March 

April 

March 

April 
M aich 
April 



March 



April 



March 13 



Sept. 

Nov. 27 
27 
27 

Mar. 3 

Nov. 25 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 



Nov. 



Nov. 13 



Went to Albanv 13th Nov. 

Dec. 8. 

No. 4. 

With yo sick to Alb'y 10 Oct. 

No. 4. 

Went to Albany 10 Oct. 1760. 

No. 4. 

[stead. 
James Walker enlisted in his 
Sick, went to Albany 30 Oct. 

No. 4. 

Went to Albany 30th Oct. 
At Col. Gott's to forward ex- 
[presses. 

[Point. 
Deserted Nov. 1, frfim Crown 
Went sick to Albany 10 Oct. 
Went to Albany 13th Nov. 

Went to Albany 10th Oct. 



Died Nov. 1 at Crown Point. 
Served in Capt. Todd's, in- 

[stead of. 
LeftatC. Point sick,Nov. 20. 
No. 4. 



16 



242 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Captain Hazzen's Company. 
John Hazzen, Captain. 
Jacob Kent,* First Lieutenant. 
Timothy Beadle,t Second Lieutenant. 
Asahel Ilerriman, Ensign. 



MEN'S NAMES. 




Sam'l Clement, Serg't... 

Michael Johnson 

Robert Young 

Silas Flood 

Asa Stevens, Corporal... 

Cornelius Bean 

Sam'l Hazoltine 

David Webster 

Moses Merrill, Drum'r., 



1760. 

March 6 

5 

10 

6 

6 

V. 

18 

18 

15 



* Jacob Kent was born in Chebacco, now Essex, Ms., June 11, 1726. He 
probably at this time was an inhabitant of some town in New-Hampshire, 
in the vicinity of Haverhill, Ms.; probably Plaistow, where he married 
his wife, a Miss Mary White. He moved to Newbury, Vt., Nov. 4, 1764, 
having joined in the enterprise of his friends and fellow-officers, Baylej" 
and Hazen, in the settlement of the " Coos Country." There he became a 
prominent citizen, holding civil and military offices of honor. He was 
selectman and town-clerk of Newbury some years, associate judge of the 
court of common pleas for his county, in 1772, and colonel of the regi- 
ment of militia in that vicinity. His descendants still reside in the "Coos 
Country" — Col. H. 0. Kent, of Lancaster, being of the number. 

f Timothy Beadle (or Bedell, as it was formerly and is now spelled), was 
from Salem, N. H., and moved into the "Coos Country" with his friends, 
Hazen and Kent. He settled in Haverhill and became prominent as a 
citizen. In 1775, July 6, he was appointed captain of the first company 
of Rangers. In 1776 he had the command of a regiment raised in the 
northern part of the State, for service in Canada. At " the Cedars" his 
regiment surrendered ingloriously to the enemy, and Col. Bedell suffered 
in consequence in reputation ; but the facts of the unfortunate disaster 
exonerated him completely, as he was on his way to Montreal, to obtain 
reenforcements, and his regiment, at the Fort of the Cedars, was under the 
command of Major Butterfield. There can be little doubt that had Col. 
Bedell, or any other brave officer, been in command, the result would have 
been different, as they had men and ammunition enough and reenforce- 
ments arrived in the neighborhood the following day, which, of course, 
were cut off. Col. Bedell, after the Revolution, enjoyed largely the public 
confidence, and besides holding important civil offices, was major-general 
of the second division of N. H. Militia. He was the ancestor of Gen. 
John Bedell, a distinguished officer of the late Union Army. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



243 



men's names. 



Phineas Ash, Private.. 

Peter Avers 

Nathan Aikin 

William Avers 

Matthew Bryant 

Timothy Beadle 

David Beadle 

Jacob Beadle 

Joshua Beadle 

John Beadle , 

Jacob Basford 

Ebenezer Basford 

Richard Bartlett 

Elias Colby , 

Thomas Crawford , 

Humphrev Colby 

Wm. Ch.iigh 

John Clark 

David Copps 

Thomas Chase 

Jonathan Corliss 

Ezekiel Clement 

James Chase 

\^^ Jonas Clay 

^Thomas Clark 

David Craig 

David Colby 

Ezra Clement 

AVilliam Dunnell 

Sam'l Dodge 

Isaac Davis 

John Dinsmore 

Jacob Davis 

Jacob Eaton 

Jonathan Eaton 

Benja. Emmons 

Joseph Emmons 

Jonathan Emerson 

John Emmons 

William Flanders 

Joseph Fuller 

Peter Flood 

Reuben (iile 

Sam'l Greenough 

Solomon Gage 

John Gage 

Jacob Griffin 

Joshua Gile 

Asa Heath 

Josiah Heath 

John Hugh 

Asahel Herriman 

James Heath 

Moses Huse 




April 
March 



6 

10 

10 

15 

6 

6 

10 

10 

10 

10 

12 

12 

31 

6 

6 

6 

6 

6 

8 

10 

10 

14 

17 

18 

18 

18 

15 

1 

6 

7 

10 

10 

10 

10 

12 

12 

15 

17 

25 

12 

12 

2U 

5 

6 

6 

12 

18 

5 

5 

6 

6 

6 

6 

C 



13 
13 

Nov. 27 
23 
17 
17 
27 
27 
23 

13 
27 
13 
27 
27 
13 
13 
27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
23 
27 
Nov. 21 
21 
21 
2o 
27 
27 
13 

13 
27 



Oct. 



14 Albany Nov. 21. 

Died at Albany, Nov. 27. 

No. 4. 

Albany 23 Oct: died Nov. 18. 

14 Sick at Albany Nov. 13. 
14 At Albany 23d Oct. 
10 At Albany Oct. 23. 



14 



16 



14 



16 



No. 4. 



At Albany Nov. 13. 
Desert. 21 Oct. from C. Point. 
No. 4. 

No. 4. 



At Albany, sick. 
Sick at No. 4. 



No. 4. 

Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 



Died Nov. 17, at Crown P't. 



Left at No. 4, 30th Nov. 

Died on ye passage. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
No. 4. 

Sick, sent to Albany Oct. 10. 

No. 4, Oct 23. 
No. 4. Oct. 13. 
Albany Nov. 1. 



No. 4, Oct. 23. 



244 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



June 
March 



April 



Jacob Hancock 

Nehemiah Heath.., 

Kichard Heath 

William Heath 

Peter Hazelton 

Josiah Heath, Jr. . 

Zehd'h Heath 

8am'l Ingalls 

John Kimball 

"William Kimball.. 

Jeremiah Kent 

Eichard Knight.... 

John Karr IJune 

Elisha Lock 

"William Leighton. 

Bond Little 

James McKeen 

Timothy Merrill .. 

Benja. Merrill 

Moses Pike 

Nathen Pettingill. 

John Pressey 

Charles Pressey .... 

John Kovvell 

Jonathan Stevens.. 

Benja. Stone 

Timothy Stevens .. 

Andrew Stone 

Elias Serjeant 

Ephraim Stevens* 

Kobert Speer 

John Seavey 

Uriah Stone 

Jacob Sawyer 

Keuben Stevens .... 

Moses Tucker 

"William Whittier 




June 
March 



Oct. 



27 



21 



27 



16 



Jona. Nelson in his stead. 

No. 4, Nov. 13. 

Deserted 19 July, 15 m. post. 

Deserted 19 July, 15 m. post. 



lliiNo. 4, 13th Oct. 
14; Albany 13th Nov. 



16 



16 



No. 4. Nov. 13. 

Drowned 14th Aug., going 

[to Isle-au-Noix. 
No. 4, 23d Oct. 



No. 



16 
16 No. 
8 



13th Nov. 
23th Oct. 



14 



14 



No. 4, Oct. 23. 

Died 30 Oct. at Crown P't. 

Left Albany sick, 8th Dec. 

Albany sick, Oct. 24. 
Left at No. 4 : discharged 26 
[July. 



Sick Oct. 23 ; sent to Albany. 



* Ephraim Stevens was of Derryfield. As sergeant in Capt. Ebenezer 
Erye's company. Col. Stark's regiment, he distinguished himself at 
Trenton. He, with a detachment of Frye's company, broke in the door 
of a house from which a strong party of Hessians were severelj^ galling 
our advance, and, by a free use of the bayonet, dislodged the enemy, kill- 
ing many and driving the balance, pell-mell, from the windows. At the 
same battle a company of Hessians, attempting to retreat towards Prince- 
ton, Stevens, with a party of sixteen men, by a cross road overhauled 

them, and rushing from the woods with the loud cry of " H 11 ! 

H 11 ! Fire! Fire," the astonished Hessians threw down their arms, 

and were marched to head quarters by the brave sergeant. Want of edu- 
cation prevented his promotion. He died at Derryfield, in 1845, aged 87 
years. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



245 



MEN'S MAMES. 



Noah White 

Stephen Woodward. 

Oliver Worthen 

Titus Wells 

Epliraim Woodbury 
Abigail Wheeler.... 

John White 

Philip Wells 

Kichard Young 

William Page 

Joab Herrinian 

Joseph Haner 

Dwiiinel Clifford .... 



1760. 
March 





u 

e-g 

17tK). 

Nov. 27 


H 

8 


6 


6 


27 


8 


6 




16 


10 


27 


8 


10 


27 


8 


10 




16 


1.") 




14 


10 


27 


8 


6 


27 


8 


6 






10 


27 


8 



No. 4, 23d Oct. 

No. 4, 2.'5d Oct. 
Albany ISth Nov. 
Left at Wentworfh's Ferry ; 
[disch'd 24 Nov. 

Died 23 Sept. at Crown P't. 

Never joined. 



246 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Captain Johnson's Company. 
Philip Johnson,* Captain. 
Nathaniel Huntoon, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Fitiield, Ensign. 



men's names. 



John Calef, Sergeant.... 

David Quiinby 

Ebenezer Webster 

John Hubbard 

Tristriam Quimby,Corp 

Joseph Koberts 

Stephen Webster 

John Quimby 

Josh. Boynton, Private 

Joseph Buzzell 

Stephen Brainard 

Phineas Bagley 

Elisha Bean 

Ammi Choat 

John Critchet 

Thos. Elliot Colby 

Thos. Cooper 

Rowell Colby 

Benja. Collins , 

Palatiah Daniels , 

John Darling 

Daniel Darling , 

John Davis , 

William Darling 

Malachi Davis 

Timo. Dudley 

John Eastman 

Thomas Eastman 

Ithamar Eaton 

Sam'l Fellows 

David Flanders , 

Nath'l Fifield 

Wm. Gibbs 

Jacob Gilman 

Joseph Heath 

John Simson 

John Moody 

Daniel Moody 

William Mildgett 

Scipio-Negro 

Nicholas Pierce 



1760. 
March 



April 
March 



April 
March 



April 
March 



April 
March 







27 


1760. 

Nov. 27 


13 


27 


14 


27 


31 


Oct. 23 


14 


23 


1 


Nov. 27 


14 


27 


13 


27 


31 


27 


14 


27 


27 


13 


31 


27 


1 


Oct. 23 


13 


Nov. 27 


21 


27 


27 




27 


Oct. 23 


31 


Nov. 26 


31 


13 


13 


27 


14 


Oct. 25 


20 


Nov. 26 


26 


22 


31 


27 


31 


27 


1 


27 


14 


27 


27 




31 


27 


14 


27 


21 


21 


31 


Oct. 23 


10 


Nov. 27 


14 


13 


2ft 


27 


25 


27 


21 


16 


8 


27 


31 


27 


14 


21 



10 



14 



No. 4. 
No. 4. 

No. 4. 



No. 4. 



Died Oct. 4, at Crown Point. 

No. 4. 

Albany, 13 Nov. 

No. 4. 

Sick, went to Albany Oct.lO, 
Albany 13th Nov. 



Died Nov. 4, 1760, at Crown 
[Point. 

Albany 13th Nov. 
No. 4. 

No. 4. 



No. 4. 

Left sick at Keene, June 15, 
[did not join. 

No. 4, 13th Nov. 



* Capt. Philip Johnson was of Greenland. He was a lieutenant in 
Capt. Perry's company, Col. Meserve's regiment, in 1756, and held the 
same office in Capt. Jacob Bayley's company, Col. Meserve's regiment, 
in 1757. He was the ancestor of Philip Johnson, formerly of East Con- 
cord, and lately of Maine, where he held the office of Secretary of State. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



247 



HEN'B NAMES. 



Calvin Powers ..... 

David Prescott 

Elisha Qiiimby 

Daniel Kow 

Ichabod Rowell ... 

Jona. Roberts 

Ichabod Kow 

Sam'l Rand 

Edward Smith 

John Sarj^ent , 

Robert Smith 

Wm. Smith 

Richard Tuciier ... 
Joshua Woodman 
Benja. Webster ... 

John Welcli 

Hezekiah Young., 

Joseph Young 

Moses Sleeper 







Time of 
discharge. 




1760. 
March 


18 


1760. 
Nov. 27 






10 


27 


8 




27 


27 


8 




13 








13 


27 






14 




8 




18 


27 


8 




18 


27 


8 




14 


27 






20 


27 


8 




31 






April 
March 


4 

31 


27 
27 


8 
8 




13 


27 


8 




21 


27 


8 




27 


21 


14 




14 


27 


8 




26 








18 







Died 20 Sept. at Crown Pt. 



Drowned going over Lalie, 

[14 Aug. 
Deserted 7 June at No. 4. 



Leg was broke in the woods, 

[and sent to No. 4 in June. 

Died Oct. 11, at Crown Pt. 



Albany, Nov. 23. 

[died Oct. 24. 
Sick, sent to Albany Oct. 10, 
Died Oct 5, at Crown Point. 



248 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Captain Berry's Company. 
Ephraim Berry,* Captain. 
Beiya. Moonej, First Lieutenant. 
John Little, Second Lieutenant. 
Stephen Berry, Ensign. 



MEN'S NAMES. 



John Banister, Serg't... 

Moses Downs 

Daniel Evins 

Paul Twombly , 

Kob't Martin, Private.. 

James Maloney , 

Eichard Walker 

John Leighton , 

Daniel Alley , 

Ichabod Buzzell 

Josiah Brown , 

Paul Bracket 

Thos. Bruse 

John Brown 

Sam'l Bracket 

Keuben Chester , 

James Cram , 

'John Clark 

John Crocket 

Peter Cilley 

Philip Cromit 

Charles Caverly 

Nath'l Doe 

David Doe 

Davis 

Sam'l Dyer 

Joshua Dame 

Timothy Davis 

Elijah Denbo ..., 

JSTath'l Denbo 

Jona. Evins , 

John Elliott 

Ben a. Folsom , 

John Field 

Thos. Goudy 

Stephen Glayson 

Nath'l Garland 

Eobert Gilmore 

Benja. Hanson 

Eolf Hall 





April 
March 



Oct. 
Nov. 



Aoril 
March 



12 
12 
12 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
13 
12 
12 
13 
14 
8 
15 
12 
12 
12 
12 
14 
14 
19 
12 Der 
12 Nov. 
12 
13 
13 
14 
14 
15 
12 
13 
14 
10 
12 
12 
13 
17 
12 



14 



No. 4. 

Sick 10 Jan. 
No. 4. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 

Left sick at Block House. 
Desert'd 19 July, 15 M. Post. 
Desert'd 6 Oct. at Crown Pt. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany Nov. 13. 
Albany, died Dec. 5. 



Left at the Block House. 

Left sick at Newmarket. 
No. 4. 

Drowned 14 Aug. 
Left sick at No. 4. 

Died 11 Nov. at Crown Pt. 

Died Oct. 7, at Crown Point. 
Nov. 13, Albany. 
Left sick Feb. 4, never join'd. 
Albany, Nov. 13. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 

Left sick at Block House. 
[Feb. 4. 
Albany, Nov. 13. Sick, left 
Sick, went to Albany Oct. 10 



Capt. Ephraim Berry was probably of Greenland. He was a lieutenant 
in Capt. John Titcomb's company of Meserve's regiment, in 1757, and 
probably held a commission in Lovewell's regiment, in 1759. He was not 
in the campaign of 1758, although his captain of 1757, John Titcomb, was 
major and lieutenant colonel of the regiment in that campaign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



249 



MEN'S NAMES. 




Cm S> 


a 

8 
8 

14 

8 

14 

8 

8 

8 

8 

8 
8 
8 
8 

8 

8 
8 

8 

8 
14 

8 

8 

8 
8 




Solomon Hall 

Sam'l Hodeje 


1760. 

March 13 

13 

13 

13 

12 
12 
14 
14 
13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
12 
12 
14 
20 
20 
12 
13 
12 


1760. 
Nov. 27 
27 

21 

27 

27 
13 
27 
13 
27 

15 
27 
27 

27 

Oft.. 9Q 




Joseph Hill 


Killed at Isle-au-Noix. 


Eichard Hull 


Desert'd Oct. 6, at Crown Pt. 


John Jenness 

Joseph Jackson 


[Went to Albany Oct. 24. 
Left sick. 
Sick, went to Albany Oct. 10. 

[Left sick Oct. 23. 
Albany Nov. 18. Left sick 

[Feb. 4. 
Desert'd July 10, 15 M. Post. 


John Johnson 


Zeph. Keniiiston 


Solomon Leightou 

George Le^'ouef. 


Joseph Libbj" 


James Langley 


No. 4. 


Benja. Leighton 




Seip. Martin 


No. 4. 


John Mills 


[at Albany Feb. 4. 
Albanjp Nov. 13. Left sick 


Jona. Moonej' 


John Mason 


Left sick at Albany Feb. 4. 


James Moor 


Amos Pinkham 




Charles Parks 




Eleazer Rand 


No. 4. 


Sam'l Kobortson 


12 Nov. 13 


No. 4. 


Timothy Roberts 


12 
15 
12 
13 
13 
14 
13 
13 
14 
12 
12 
13 
14 
12 
13 
13 
13 
14 
18 


27 

27 
27 

27 

27 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 
Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 

Oct. 23 




John Randall 


Deserted at Monson on the 


Daniel Swain 


[march up. 


Sam'l Sias 


Ebenezer Spencor 


Desert'd Oct. 6, at Crown Pt. 


Bartholomew Smart 

Sam'l Todd 


[Feb. 4. 
Albanv, Nov. 13. Left sick 


Isaac Thomas 


Albany, Nov. 13. Died Dec. 

[9. 
Albany, Nov. 13. 
No. 4. 


James Thomas 


Chase Wisjgins 


John Welch 


Wm. Wavmouth 




John AVillev 


Desert'd Oct. 6, at Crown Pt. 


Stephen Witehouse 

Jona. Davis ... 

Henry Hill 


Left sick Dec. 17. 

No. 4. 

Went home with Mr. Mc- 


Stoughton Tuttle 


[Clintock, Sept. 22. 


Simeon Pearl 


Enoch Barker 


No. 4. 



250 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Captain Marston's Company. 

Jeremiah Marston, Captain. 
Joseph Chandler, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Chandler, Second Lieutenant. 
Joseph Sweet, Ensign. 



men's names. 


o >. 


Time of dis- 
charge 


01 

H 




Benj. Randall, Sergt.,... 
Elijah Ring ! 


1760 
March 

April 
March 

April 
March 

April 
March 
April 
March 


17 

5 
13 
13 
15 
25 
25 
12 
13 
14 
14 
17 

20 
31 
24 
24 
24 
20 
29 
10 
10 
12 

2 
12 
15 
20 
20 
21 
24 
24 
81 
29 
11 

2 
12 

17 

20 
21 
22 
27 


1760. 

Nov. 27 

27 

27 

27 

27 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 4 

27 
27 

Oct. 23 

Dec. 4 

Nov. 27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
22 
21 

Oct. 23 
27 

Nov. 2 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 26 

27 

Oct. 28 

Nov. 27 
27 
27 

27 

21 

Oct. 23 


8 
8 
8 
8 
8 
8 

8 

14 
8 
8 

14 

8 

14 

14 


• 


Jonathan Maloon, 

Samuel Perkins 




Stephen Mason, Corp.,.. 
John Tillon, 




Joseph Smith, 


No. 4. 


Cotton Cillev, 


No. 4. 


Arthur Bennett, 


Deserted 5 Oct., from C. Pt. 


Ebenezer Brown, 


Deserted 6 Oct., Crown Pt. 


James Brown 




Timothy Blake, 


Left at No. 4. 


Stephen Brown, 


Rick. Went to Albany 10th 
Oct. Died Oct. 24. 
At No. 4. 


Ephraim Brown 


"William Bachelder, 

Oliver Blake, 


Died 29th Oct. at Crown Pt, 
Albany, Dec. 4. 


Joseph Bean, 


Caleb Brown 




Theophilus Bachelder,... 
Nathan Blake, 


Left at No. 4. 


Moses Blake, 




David Bachelder, 




Amos Blazo, 


Albany, 13th Nov.' 
At No. 4. 


Israel Blake, 


Pan born Cram 




"Winthrop Clough, 

Caleb Clough 


Went to Alb'y, 10 Oct. N. 2, 
At No. 4. 


Timothv Clough, 


Deserted 6th Oct., Crown Pt. 


John Cram, 


Left sick. Crown Point. 


Benjamin Clark, 




John Collev 


At No. 4. 


Josiali Clough, 


Wounded at Isle-au Noix. 
[Died on passage, Sept. 3. 


Samuel Connor 


Nicholas Dolloff, 


John Daulton, 




Samuel Elliott, 


Deserted 15th June. Joined 


Stephen Flood, 


Ensign Berry again 15th 
Sept. and served. Deserted 
again the beginning Nov. 

Albany, 13 N., 21 N. 

Deserted 6th Oct., Crown Pt. 


Henry French, 


Moses Flanders, 




Christopher Flanders,... 
John Fox, 


Albany, sick, 13th Nov. 
At No. 4. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



251 



men's names. 



John Garland, 

Ichabod Gould, 

Gideon Gould, 

David Gould, 

"William Hill 

Charles Glidden, 

Zebulon Hilyard, 

Benjamin Hilyard, 

Kichard Hays, 

David Jewell, 

Nchemiah Leavitt, 

John Tilton Leavitt, 

John Marsten, 

Nathaniel Merrill, 

Nathaniel Maloon 

John Mag;oon, 

Edward Molton, 

John Muddy 

Andrew McGraffy, 

Enoch Mass, 

Israel Marsh 

David Perkins, 

Daniel Page, 

Enoch Page, 

Eobert Pike 

Ephraim Philbrick, 

Jeremiah Page, 

Jonathan Philbrick, 

Jacob Quimby 

Josiah Kow, 

John Piowell, 

Dudley Sanborn 

Timothy Sanborn, 

Jonathan Sanborn, 

Benjamin Shaw, 

Moses Sweat, 

Moses San])orn, 

Aaron Sanborn, 

Robert Smart 

Kichard Sinkler, 

John Smith Sanborn,... 

Kichard Smart, 

Nathaniel Shoan, 

Isaac Toby 

Nathaniel Thing, 

Joseph Webster, 




April 
March 



April 

March 

April 



Nov. 



Oct. 



Nov. 
Oct. 

Nov. 



lOlNov. 
10 Oct. 



Nov. 



Died 29th Sep., Crown Pt. 
Deserted 6th Oct., Crown Pt. 



No. 4. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 

Sick ; went to Alb'y 13 Nov. 

Sick at Albany 13th Nov. 

Died 22dSep., Crown Point. 

Deserted 5th Oct., Crown P. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 

No. 4. 



No. 4. 

No. 4. 

Deserted 6th Oct., C. Point. 

Small-pox, — died 6th Oct. 

No. 4. 

Sick ; went to Alb'y Oct. 10. 



Sick ; went to Albany 24th 
Oct. Died. 
No. 4, 13 N. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 

Sick ; went to Alb'y 10 Oct. 
No. 4. 

Deser. 6 July, at Black Riv.* 

No. 4. 
No. 4. 

Sick ; went to Albany 10th 

Oct. Died Oct. 27. 
No 4. 
Sick ; went to Albany 10th 

Oct. 



* Black River, in Vermont, empties into the Connecticut a short dis- 
tance above the site of the fort at Number Four. It has its rise in ponds 
in Ludlow and Plymouth. The road cut by Col. Gofle passed up the 
north bank of this river. 



252 



adjutant-general's report. 



men's names. 


Ci 

o 

o ^• 
H 


i 


HI 

t- 
H 




Melchor Ward, 


1760 
April 


22 

25 

27 

15 

20 

21 

24 

10 

11 

2 

12 

8 

8 


1760. 
27 

27 
27 
27 

27 
Oct. 23 
Nov. 27 

Oct. 23 
Nov. 27 


14 

14 

8 

8 




James W^iddeii, 


Sick; went to Albany 24th 
[Oct. Died Oct. 28. 


CuflF Wenscr, 


Jonathan Dow 


Jeremiah Gow, 




Ezra Getchel, 


Deserted 5th Oct., Crown Pt. 


Stephen Thurston, 

Georoe Berry, 


Deserted 2d June. 


Nathaniel Maxfield, 

Jonathan Thomas, 


Sick ; went to Albany 10th 
' [Oct. 
Deserted 6 July, Black Kiv. 
No. 4. 


Thomas Moulton, 


Nathaniel Kaud, 





MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 



253 



Captain March's Company. 
George March, Captain. 
Jol]ii Parker, First Lieutenant. 
Hubbard Stevens, Second Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Clark, Ensi2:n. 



kek's names. 



John Dame, Serg 

Elazous Row 

"William Hugiiigs 

Henry Wisdom 

John Rollins, Corp 

Thomas Row 

Eliphalet Smith 

Nath'l Avery 

AVilliam Atkins, Private 

Daniel Allen 

James AUurd 

Benja. Abbot 

John Berr}' 

John Bryant 

William Beard , 

Jona. IJlaisdo. 

Ca.eb Berry 

John Bickl'ord,; 

John Bell 

Henry Beck 

John Rowen 

Moses Clark 

Valentine Clark 

Amos Chase 

Daniel Driscoll 

Benja. Daniels 

Benja. Dame 

Nath'l Daniels 

Benja. Dockum 

James Edgerly 

Jona. Edgerly 

Joshua Force 

John FoUet 

Thomas George 

Hugh Govvdy 

Ebenezer Grow 

Elisha Hutchins 

Nath'l Hobbs 

Benja. Holmes 

James Holmes 

Jona. Huntress 

Charles Hoit 

Wm. Hill 




Mar. 6 
5 

7 
19 

5 
14 
10 

11 

5 

6 

31 



10 
5 

10 

11 

17 

25 

17 

Apr. 2 

Mar. 10 

15 

20 

20 

Apr. 29 

Mar. 6 

6 

10 

10 

13 

14 

15 



iSov, 27 
23 
13 

27 

27 



27 
Dec. 5 

27 
27 



27 



13 

22 

27 

Oct. 23 



23 
27 

Nov. 27 
27 
13 
27 
27 
27 

Oct. 33 
23 
23 

Nov. 27 

27 

13 
27 
13 
27 



14 



14 



Albany, Nov. 13. 
No. 4. 

[Point. 

Died Oct. 31 at Crown 

Left at Crown Point to 

tend the sick, Nov. 20 



Left at No. 4. 

Left at No. 4. Deserted 

^•e beginning of Nov. 

S. Sleeper, informer. 

[10. Died Oct. 23. 

Sick, went to Alb'y Oct. 

Went to Albany Oct. 

[10. Died Oct. 23. 

Died Oct. 3, Crown P't. 
Died Sept. 8, Isle au 
No. 4. [Noix. 



No. 4. 

Das. July 19. at 15 Mile 

Post; S. Sleeper infms. 

Joined Ensign Berry 

No. 4. [Nov. 1^ des.Nov 

Left sick at Peterboro', 
[July 1. Deserted. 

No. 4. 



No. 4. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 
Died Oct. 1, Crown P't. 



Went to AlbanyOct. 10. 
No. 4. 

No. 4. 



254 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



MEN'S NAMES. 




Nath'l Ham, .» 

Joseph Hains 

Noah Hutching 

Sam'l Johnson 

John Jenness 

John Jones 

Joshua Jenness 

Ichabod Johnson 

Nichohis Kenniston 
Benja. Kenniston... 
Waldron Kenniston 
Jona. Kenniston. ... 

Alexa. Lear 

Jona. Lang 

Moses Leavitt 

Ebenezer LeatTiers.. 

Hugh Little 

Benja. Lombard 

George Madden 

James Matthews. ... 

Patrick Marony 

Samuel Martin 

Sam'l Moses 

Nath'l Meeder 

John Meeder, 

Tho's McClurge 

John Moses 

James Niel 

Sam'l Morris 

' Philip Pain 

John Pain 

Stephen Palmer 

Wm. Kackliff 

John Rciuen 

John Robertson 

Thomas Rand 

Nicholas Rollins, ..., 

Noah Row 

Steven Rand , 

Elisha Rollins 

Richard Ransom 

Thomas Rines..' , 

Richard Randall 

Nathan Roby 

Abialhar Sanborn. . 

John Seavey 

Dennis Sullevin , 

John Smith 

Solomon Swett 

Walter Swain 

John Stevens 



Mar. 17 

19 

31 

5 

8 

10 



20 

20 

Apr. 2 

Mar. 5 

10 

10 

10 

10 

5 

5 



Nov. 



Nov. 27 
27 

Oct. 23 



Nov. 13 
27 
27 
13 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 
27 
27 
27 
27 

Oct. 23 



Nov. 27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
27 
11 
23 
3 



Oct. 

Nov 



Nov. 23 

Oct. 26 
23 
Nov. 26 
Oct. 26 
13 
13 
27 

Nov. 13 

Nov. 23 



Left at No. 4; des.Nov.4 

Albany, Oct. 24, sick. 

[Died 15. 

Died Nov. 8. 
Dis. Oct. 24, till Col. dis- 
missing. Rangers took 
him fr. ye reg't at No.4 
J'ne 9, being des. fr. ym 
Des. Oct. 7, Crown P't. 
No. 4. 

Left at No. 4. 

No. 4. 

Des. July 19, at 15 mile 

No. 4. rPost. 

Discharged Oct. 28. 

Left at No. 4. 
No. 4. 



No. 4. 

Des. June 18 W. Ferry. 

Died Sept. 16, on his 



No. 4. 

No. 4. [returned Jan. 20 
Went to Lake Ontario ; 
Went to Albany Nov. 

13, sick. [sick. 
Went to Albany Oct. 10 
No. 4. [Nov. 13. 

Sick. Went to Albany 
Sick. Went to Albany 
No. 4. [Oct. 10. 



Enlisted in regular ser- 
No. 4. ^[Oct. 12. 

Died Nov. 13, 
Albany, Nov. 13. 
Left sick Crown Point 
Left No. 4. [Oct. 20. 
No. 4. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



255 



MEN'S NAMES. 




James Titcomb .... 
Oliver Thurston,.., 

Joseph Towle 

Wm. Thomas , 

Nath'l Tucker 

Joseph Tarlton 

Richard Tucker 

Tho's Trigs , 

Sam'l Wedgwood. 

Joseph Weeks 

Josiah Wiggin 

James White , 

Henry Woodhouse 

Kobert York 

John Mobbs, 

Samuel Bryant 

Samuel Kenniston 

Wm. Kenniston... 

John Kenniston... 

James Merayin 

Andrew Nevin 

Abner Potter , 

James Jorden 



Mar. 



10 

10 

12 

18 

20 

7 

17 

24 

25 

Apr. 3 

Mar. 10 

24 



Nov. 27 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 27 

27 

21 

Oct. 23 

Nov. 13 

27 

27 

27 



41 



No. 4. 



No. 4. 



No. 4. 
No. 4. 
No. 4. 



Disc. July 6, at 5 Mile 
Never joined. [Post. 
Desert. June 2 at Great 

Meadows.* 
Desert. June 2 at Great 

Meadows.* 
Desert Juno 2 at Great 

Meadows.* 

-| Never joined. 

Left sick at Peterbor- 
ough ; deserted from 
said place. 



* Great Meadows were what is now known as Westmoreland. 



256 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



"■"" Captain Tilion's Co}n2Mny. 
Jacob Tilton,* Captain. 
Jona. Gerrisb, First Lie .tenant. 
Sam'l Baldwin, Second Lieutenant. 
Elipha. Hall, Ensign. 





g 




.2 






MEN'S NAMES. 


o 




-oh 








i^ 




1% 


> 






H 




H 


H 






1760 




' 1760. 




Heze. Jenness, Serg't., 


March 


22 


Nov. 26 




Left at Albany. 


John Kimball, 




15 


27 


8 


Left at Albany. 


Jdlin Bowden, 




12 


13 


16 


No. 4. Nov. 16. 


Benja. Boardman, 




22 


13 


8 


No. 4. 


Jere. Hilton, Corporal, 




12 


18 


8 


No. 4. 


Ebenezer Smith, 




12 


27 


8 




"William Sibley, 




22 


13 


16 


No. 4. 


Benja. {/lifford, 




11 


13 


16 




Sam. Davis, Drummer, 




10 


13 


16 




James Crater, Private, 




10 


Oct. 28 




No. 4. 


James Chase, 




17 


Nov. 13 




No. 4. 


"William Davis, 




12 






Never joined. 


Jeremiah Davis, 




18 


Oct. 23 


16 


No. 4. 


Jona. Dollofl", 




22 


Nov. 18 


16 


No. 4. 


Lem'l Davis, 




13 






Sick, sent to AlWny Oct. 10. 


Joseph Dudley, 


April 


11 






Drown'd July 12atBlk.Riv. 


David Edgerly, 


March 


23 


13 


16 


No. 4. 


Steven Fogg, 




22 


27 


8 




Edward Green, 




11 


27 


8 




Josiah George, 




15 


27 






Nicholas Gordon, 




27 


0,t. 23 


8 


No. 4. 


Israel Graves, 




27 


27 






John George, 


April 


10 






Desert'd July 12, Blk. River. 


Nath'l Haskell, 


March 


11 


Oct. 23 




Went to Albany Nov. 27. 


JSTicholas Hardy, 




27 


Oct. 28 


16 


No. 4. 


Theophilus Hutchins, 




31 


27 


16 


Sent to Albany, sick, Oct. 10. 


John Haley, 




11 






•Joined the Rangers, at No. 
4, in June, and went home 
with them from Crown Pt. 


Hugh Johnson, 




10 


Nov. 27 


8 




Ebenezer Judkins, 




23 


13 


16 


No. 4. 


John Giles, 




25 


27 


8 




Joseph Giles, 




25 


27 


8 




"Wm. Jones, 


April 


12 


27 


8 




Jona Judkins, 




14 


27 


8 




Daniel Kelley, 


March 


17 


27 


8 




Joseph Kenniston, 




31 


Oct. 23 




No. 4. 


Joshua Kenniston, 




81 






Died at Keene. 


James Kelley, 


April 


10 


Nov. 27 


8 


' 


Amos Leavitt, 


March 


15 


27 


8 




Simeon Todd, 




19 


27 


8 




John Lord, 




26 






Deserted July 12, B. river. 


Daniel Leavitt, 




26 






(( u 



* Jacob Tilton was probably a son of Col, John Tilton. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1C23 TO 1861. 



257 



MEN'S NAMES. 




k 


o 






01 j 


11 


> 






p 


H 


^ 






1760. 


1760. 




Eobert Lord, 


April 3 


Nov. 27 


8 




James Marsh, 


March 2 


27 


8 




James Moulton, 


10 






Died Oct. 29 at Crown Pt. 


Joseph Alalem, 


21 


27 


8 




Alex. Miitcoon, 


26 


Oct. 23 


16 


N"o. 4. 


Thomas Nutter, 


22 






Desert'd in June at Blk.Piv. 


Jon a. Piper, 


7 


23 


14 


Sick, went to Albany Oct. 10. 


Julin Permitt, 


10 


Nov. 27 


8 




Joseph Perkins, 


25 


27 


8 




Adam Pors, 


20 


27 


8 




John Pollard, 


April 14 






Never joined. 


Silas Potter, 


14 


27 


8 




John Rhines, 


17 


27 


8 


Discharged. 


Josiah Sweet, 


14 


21 


14 


Albany, Nov. 13. 


Benja. Smart, 


. 17 


Oct. 23 


10 


No. 4. 


"William Smart, 


17 


Nov. 27 


8 




Abraham Sheriff, 


22 


27 


8 




Joseph Sanborn, 


25 


Oct. 23 


16 


No. 4. 


Zadock Sanborn, 


27 


Nov. 13 


16 


No. 4. 


Wm. Swain, 


8 


27 


8 




John Steel, 


11 


13 


16 


N"o. 4. 


Caleb Tilton, 


10 


27 


8 


[home Oct. 10. 


Ichabod Thurston, 


7 






Left sick at No. 4. Went 


Joseph Thing, 


26 


Oct. 23 


16 


No. 4. 


Moses Thurston, 


26 


Nov. 27 


8 




Abraham Webb, 


15 


27 


8 




Edward \Vells, 


27 


27 


8 




Daniel Young, 


10 


27 


8 




Joshua Young, 


27 


27 


8 




Jona. Young, 


22 


27 


8 




Thomas Stone, 


March 10 


27 


8 




Sam'l Sleeper, 


12 






Went to No. 4 with Mr. 


Benja. Safford, 


25 


27 


8 


[McClintock, Sept. 22. 


Daniel. Taylor, 


April S 


27 






3Iatthias fowl. 


10 


Jan. 11 


8 





17 



258 adjutant-general's report. 

The " Seven Years' War" complete!}^ aroused the mili- 
tary spirit of the Province, and no one of the Colonies 
more readily furnished their quotas of troops, or men, 
better prepared for service, and no Colony furnished as 
many men in proportion to its population, as New-Hamp- 
shire ; and, in addition to its quotas, a large portion of the 
officers and men of the noted battalion of Rangers, under 
the famous Maj. Rogers, were from this Province. 

During the war, comprising six campaigns, for the re- 
duction of Crown Point and the Canadas, ending with the 
fall of Montreal, in 1760, this Province furnished five thous- 
and men. The militia was thoroughly organized, and both 
officers and men had seen seven years of active service. 
In 1760, there were ten regiments of militia in the Prov- 
ince, one of cavalry and nine of infantry, numbered and 
commanded as follows : 

Begiment of Horse Guards. 
Clement March, of Greenland, Colonel. 

Infantry. 

1. Theodore Atkinson, Portsmouth, Colonel. 

2. John Gage, Dover, Colonel. 

3. Meshech Weare, Hampton, Colonel. 

4. Daniel Gilman, Exeter, Colonel. 

5. Zaccheus Lovewell, Dunstable, Colonel. . 

6. Josiah Willard, Keene, Colonel. 

7. Ebenezer Stevens,* Kingston, Colonel. 

8. Andrew Todd, Londonderry, Colonel. 

9. John Gotfe, Derryfield, Colonel. 

* Col. Ebenezer Stevens was a prominent man in tlie county of Kock- 
ingham. His father. Ebenezer, resided in Kingston, and was a soldier in 
the early Indian wars, being pilot of Capt. Oilman's company, in the scout 
of July 16, 1710, in pursuit of the party of Indians that killed Col. Hilton 
and party. Col. Stevens was in command of a company of cavalry, raised 
by an order of Gov. Wentworth, in 1750. He was colonel of the 7th 
Regiment in 1758, and probably continued at its head until the Eevolution. 
He was one of the grantees of Stevenstown, now Salisburj^ and a part of 
Franklin, and a large proprietor of the same, the town being named for 
him. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 259 

But little change was made in tlie regiments, or in their 
field officers, after the close of the war for some years, as 
in 1Y67, when Gov. Benning Wentworth* went out of 
office, the ten regiments were under the same command- 
ing officers as in 1758, except the Second, as will he seen 
bj the following nearly complete roster for that year: 

Regiment of Horse Guards, 

Clement March, Colonel. 
Richard Downing, Lieut. Colonel. 
William Weeks, Major. 

Infantry. 

1. Theodore Atkinson, Colonel. 
Daniel Warner, Lieut. Colonel. 
, Major. 

2. John Gage, Colonel. 

John Wentworth, Lieut. Colonel. 
Stephen Jones, Major. 

3. Meshech Weare, Colonel. 
Jonathan Moulton, Lieut. Colonel. 
Nathan Healy, Major. 

* Gov. Benning Wentworth was the eldest son of Lt. Gov. John Went- 
worth, and was born in 1695. He graduated at Harvard College, in the 
class of 1715. After graduation he entered the counting-room of his father, 
to learn the mysteries of trade. He performed several voyages as super- 
cargo of his father's vessels, and soon took command of one of them, pre- 
ferring a sailor's life to that of a merchant. Soon after his father's appoint- 
ment as Governor, Benning left the ocean and took charge of his mercan- 
tile affairs. He was chosen a representative from his native town in 1730, 
and was appointed councillor by mandainus from the King, in 1734. In 
1741, upon the removal of Gov. Belcher, Mr. Wentworth was appointed 
Governor of New-Hampshire. His appointment was very acceptable to a 
majority of the people, and during his long administration of twenty-live 
years the Province made rapid strides in prosperity and wealth. Though 
suffering from continued ill-health, Gov. Wentworth wAs ever prompt to 
do his duty, and it was owing to his unwearied exertions that, in the " old 
Indian War,"the expedition of Louisburg, and the " Seven Years' War," 
the quotas of troops from New-Hampshire were ever filled and ready to be 
led where danger demanded. Gov. Wentworth resigned his office in 1766 
in favor of his nephew, John Wentworth, and died Oct. 14, 1770, in the 
75th year of his age. 



260 adjutant-general's report. 

4. Daniel Oilman, Colonel. 

Winthrop Hilton, Lieut. Colonel. 

Nathan Folsom, Major. 
6. Edward Goldstone Lutwyche,* Colonel. 

John Hale, Lieut. Colonel. 

Samuel Hobart, Major. 

6. Josiah Willard, Colonel. 
Benjamin Bellows, Lieut. Colonel. 
Willard, Major. 

7. Ebenezer Stevens, Colonel. 
Jonathan Greeley, Lieut. Colonel. 
Joseph Wright, Major. 

8. Andrew Todd, Colonel, 
Samuel Barr, Lieut. Colonel. 
Samuel Emerson, Major. 

9. John Goffe, Colonel. 

John Shepherd, Lieut. Colonel. 
John j^oyes, Major. 
During the administration of Gov. John Wentworthf 
the militia of the Province was greatly improved, the Gov- 

* Edward Goldstone Lutwyche was a retired lawyer, residing on a fine 
interval farm on the Merrimack, at a place then called " Lutwyche's Ferry," 
in the town of Merrimack. When the Revolution commenced, Col. Lut- 
wyche, still in command of the regiment, espoused the royal cause, and 
retired within the British lines at Boston. Col. Moses Nichols, of Amherst, 
was' appointed to fill his office by the Committee of Safety. Col. Lut- 
wyche's property was confiscated, his fiirm sold by commissioners at public 
sale, and Col. Matthew Thornton became the purchaser. Since then the 
ferry has been known as " Thornton's Ferry," and has a depot near it, on 
the Concord Railroad, known as "Thornton's." 

I Gov. John Wentworth, son of Mark Hunking Wentworth, and grand- 
son of Lt. Governor John Wentworth, was born in 1736, and graduated, 
with distinction, at Harvard College, of the class of 1755. Soon after 
graduating he entered the counting-room of his father as a clerk, and at 
length formed a connection with him in mercantile business. He soon vis- 
ited England, to establish himself there, and was chosen by the Province, 
with Mr. Trecothick, to present their petition to the king, praying for the 
repeal of the Stamp Act. He performed this duty with so much propriety as 
to attract the favorable notice of the king, and when Gov. Benning Went- 
worth resigned, in 1766, his nephew was appointed to fill his place. His 
commission was dated August 11, 1766, and he forthwith embarked for 
America. He at the same time was appointed surveyor of the King's 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 261 

ernor being fond of military display, often attending the 
regimental musters, and giving his official and personal 
influence in its favor. 

The number of regiments was increased to twelve, and 
in 1773 the ofiices of major-general and brigadier-general 
were filled for the first time in the province, the following 
persons being appointed : 

Theodore Atkinson, Portsmouth, Alajor-General. 
Peter Gilman, Exeter, Brigadier-General. 

The three additional regiments that had been organized 
were the Tenth, comprising the towns of Gilmauton, 
Barnstead, Sanbornton, Meredith and Xew-IIampton ; the 
Eleventh, comprising Concord, Pembroke, Bow, Loudon, 
Canterbury and Northfield ; and the Twelfth, comprising 
Nottingham, Deerfield, Epsom, Xorthwood, Pittsfield and 
Chichester. 

It is not known that an}- changes had been made in the 
field oflicers of the nine first regiments at the close of Gov- 
ernor Wentworth's administration : neither is it known 
who were the officers of the new regiments, save that the 
Tenth was under the command of Col. Joseph Badger, of 
Gilmanton ; and the Eleventh was commanded by Col. 
Thomas Stickuey, of Concord ; while Benjamin Thorap- 

woods in North America. He was very popular as governor for some 
years, and exerted himself to develop the resources of the Province. He 
cleared and cultivated a fine farm upon Smith's Lake, in Wolf borough, to 
encourage the settlement of the county ; obtained a charter for Dartmouth 
College; made grants of land ; built bridges; cut roads, and fostered every 
enterprise for the benefit of the Province. But he lived in stormy times. 
The tornado of the Kevolution approached, and he gave way to it with 
grace and without dishonor. Assailed by the populace, in his house, he 
retired to Fort William and Mary, thence to Boston, and soon went to 
England. After peace was declared he removed to Nova Scotia, and re- 
sumed the duties of his oflBce as Suveyor of the King's Woods. In 1792 
he was appointed Lt. Governor of Nova Scotia, and in 1795 he was creat- 
ed a baronet. Sir John Wentworth continued in office until 1808, when 
he retired from office with a pension of £.500, and was succeeded by Sir 
George Provost, a man not so American in his s^'mjmthies. Sir John died 
at Halifax, April 8, 1820, aged 83 years. 



262 adjutant-general's report. 

son, of Concord,* afterward the celebrated Count Rum- 
ford, was a major in the same regiment. 

* Benjamin Thompson, Count of Kumford, was born in Woburn, Ms., 
March 26, ]753. He attempted several employments in early life, but 
■whether on a farm, in a store, a druggist's shop, a physician's office or 
& school-house, his love of chemical and philosophical study and experi- 
ments seemed to engross his attention, and keep him from any fixed pur- 
suit in life. At length accident made a man of him. He was keeping a 
district school in Bradford, Ms., in 1772, where Col. Timothy Walker, of 
Concord, employed him to teach a school in that town. Employed by the 
son, the young stranger schoolmaster, as a matter of course, was invited to 
the family of his father, the Eev. Timothy Walker, and being of pleasing 
address, young Thompson soon became a welcome visiter at "Parson 
Walker's" house, and peculiarly so to a daughter of his. a young and 
wealthy woman, the widow of Col. Benjamin flolfe, and as soon as "out 
of her weeds," he led Mrs. Eolfe to the altar, and thus secured, at once, 
position and wealth. This brought him the appointment of Major of the 
Eleventh Kegiment, " over the heads of all the old officers ;" and, as a nat- 
ural result, the envy and dislike of all the superseded officers and their 
friends, as well as of those filled with envy at bis good fortune. The Rev- 
olution soon commenced, and although Rev. Timothy Walker and Col. 
Timothy Walker, the father and brother of Mrs. Thompson, were patri- 
ots of the purest cast, and Mrs. Thompson was a patriot also, his enemies 
determined that he was a tory, deserving of tar and feathers, if not hang- 
ing. He was driven from his home and took refuge in his native town. 
At Lexington, he was one of the first in the fight, and on the side of his 
countrymen, but the battle over, and the troops arriving from the interior, 
the cry of tory was again set up against him, and he demanded an inves- 
tigation. At a public hearing, held in the meeting-house at Woburn, and 
filled with his eneuiies (for man}' of them were in the New-Hampshire 
regiments in the neighborhood), he was cleared of the reallj' obnoxious 
charges against him by " The' Committee of Safety," after a full and 
lengthy investigation. But malevolence still followed him, and he went 
with his friend Baldwin, who had a command near Boston, fearing for his 
life in his native town. He applied for a command in the artillery, but 
was refused. He volunteered to go with the party to erect the fortification 
on Breed's Hill, but was denied. In the thickest of the fight he went on to 
Bunker Hill with Maj Brooks, to strike for his countrymen, but they ar- 
rived only to participate in the retreat ; but all to no purpose ; he was still 
called a "tory," and, selling his property, he left the country. He was 
entrusted with dispatches to Lord Germaine, who gave him employment, 
and he soon became Under-Secretary of State in the Colonial Department. 
After the close of the war he obtained service under the king of Bavaria, 
and upon leaving England was knighted. In Bavaria he instituted a sys- 
tem of reform that gained the favor of the people, and after he left a mon- 
ument was erected in his honor in the public garden. The Elector also 
honored him highly, conferring upon him some of the highest offices in 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 263 

On the 14th of December, 1774, a party of patriots under 
the command of Capt. Thomas Pickering, of Portsmouth, 
attacked Fort William and Mary, at jSTewcastle, took the 
same, and confined its captain, John Cochran, and its gar- 
rison of five men ; broke open its magazine, took there- 
from one hundred barrels of powder and sixty stand of 
arms, and took from the ramparts sixteen pieces of cannon. 
This may be called the opening ball of the Pevolution. 
Its importance may be appreciated from the fact that Maj. 
John Demeritt, of Durham, hauled an ox-cart load of this 
powder to Cambridge, which was dealt out to our troops 
there, prior to the battle of Bunker Hill.* 

The attack was made upon Fort William and Mary for 
the purpose of securing the military stores, as Paul Revere, 
of Boston, rode express from Boston to inform the patri- 
ots that a detachment of royal troops had been ordered to 
the Piscataqua to secure the fbrt. The patriots were none 
too early in their bold expedition, for, in a day or two 
after, two British ships of war arrived in the harbor, with 
a detachment of troops from Boston, took possession of the 
fort, and dismantled the same. 

The battle of Lexington, on the 19th of April, 1775, 
aroused the people to a sense of their danger. Runners 
were sent by " the Committee to call a Congress," to the 
several towns in the Province, to send delegates to a con- 

the empire. He was a member of the Council of State; major-general ; 
Knight of Poland ; Commander-in-chief of the Statf ; Minister of War ; 
Chief of the Regency in the Elector's absence ; and Count of the Holy 
Roman Empire. He left Bavaria only as Minister Plenipotentiary and 
Snvoy Extraordinary to the Court of St. James. During the administra- 
tion of Washington, Count Rumford was invited by the Government to 
return to America, but being engaged in England in forming the " Royal 
Institution." he could not comply with the invitation ; but it must have 
been peculiarly gratifying to him. as it placed him right upon the record 
of his country. Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, died August 
21, 1814, in the 62d year of his age, at Auteuil, near Paris. 

* The powder was distributed among the up river towns. Some was 
carried to Exeter, some to Newmarket, and a portion to Durham. It was 
first stored under the pulpit of the meeting-house at Durham; but thinlving 
it unsafe there, Maj. Demerritt, of Madbury, had a magazine built for it, 
leading from his cellar, where it was stored until wanted for use. 



264 adjutant-general's report. 

vention to be holden at Exeter on the 21st instant, to con- 
sult for the general safety. At this convention, Col. 
x^athaniel Folsotn, of Exeter, was chosen brigadier-gen- 
eral to command the troops that had gone, or might go, 
"from this Government to assist our suffering brethren in 
the Province of Massachusetts." 

The convention adjourned to the 25th instant, at which 
time they voted to recommend to the several towns in the 
Province "to provide their proportion of £500 L. M. worth 
of biscuit, flour and pork, * * * * f^j. ^-^q public 
use, upon urgent necessity," and that they "engage as 
many men in each town as they think fit, to be properly 
equipt, and ready to march at a minute's notice, on any 
emergency." 

Mean time formal notices had been given the towns to 
choose delegates to a convention, to be holden on the 17th 
of May, at Exeter. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed 
in this convention, and they adopted effective measures. 
On the 20th of May they voted to raise a force of two thou- 
sand men, and to adopt those already in the field. On the 
23d they organized these troops into a brigade, to consist 
of three regiments ; appointed Xathaniel Folsom as major- 
general, and James Reid and Enoch Poor as colonels of 
two of the regiments ; leaving the other colonelcy open 
for Col. Stark, if he should see fit to resign his commission 
under the Massachusetts Government. They also appoint- 
ed a committee of supplies for the army. 

Col. Stark, after some hesitation, went to Exeter and 
took a commission from the convention, of his regiment 
already in the field, it being styled, by compromise, th^ 
" 1st regiment in iSTew-IIampshire for the defense of 
America." The regiment, as organized, consisted of 
twelve companies. Two of Col. Stark's companies were 
to be be turned over to Col. Reid, and Col. Poor's regi- 
ment was called the Second i^ew-Hampshire Regiment, 
and Col. Reid's the 3d. This organization continued until 
the organization of the Continential regiment, enlisted 
for three 3'ears, or during the war. 

The rolls of these rcijimeuts were as follows : 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 265 

First N. H. Regiment, 1775. 

John Stark, Colonel. 
Isaac AVyman,*Lt. Colonel. 
Andrew McClary,t Major. 
John Moore, Major. 
Abiel Chandler, Adjutant. 
John Caldwell, Quartermaster. 
Henry Parkinson, Quartermaster. 
David Osgood, Chaplain. 
Samuel MacClintock, Chaplain. 
Obadiah Williams, Surgeon. 
Calvin Friuk, Surgeon's Mate. 
Josiah Chase, Surgeon's Mate. 

Companies. 

1. Isaac Baldwin,! Captain. 
John Hale, First Lieutenant. 
Stephen Hoyt, Second Lieutenant. 

* Isaac Wyman was from Keene, where he was a most worthy citizen. 
He was, Oct. 17, 1774, chosen a delegate to the County Congress held at 
Walpole, to take " measures for the better security of the internal policy 
of the county." He was also a delegate to the Convention, held the 21st 
of January, 1775, for the choice of delegates to the Continental Congress. ■ 
He was representative to the General Assembly holden at Portsmouth in 
February of the same year. He was a member of the " Alarm List " of 
Keene, and upon the news of the battle of Lexington was chosen " upon 
the Green" to lead his fellow citizens to find the enemy. The following 
morning he started for Lexington, at the head of thirty of his fellow- 
citizens. Capt. AVyman soon after was chosen lieutenant colonel of 
Stark's regiment. He was subsequently appointed colonel of the second 
regiment, raised to go against Canada, and, although advanced in years, 
accepted the command, and went at the head of his regiment. After the 
close of that unfortunate campaign he retired to private life. 

f Andrew McClary was of Epsom, and the son of Andrew McClary, an 
early settler. He was a brave man and a gallant officer. He was tall, of 
iine personal appearance, and, in the words of a brother officer, "the 
handsomest man in the army." He fought bravely in the battle of the 
17th of June, escaped its perils, and was killed as he was returning from 
examining the position of the enemy on Bunker Hill, by a chance shot 
from a British ship in the river. 

X Isaac Baldwin was of Hillsborough, where he was a highly respected 
citizen. He was born in Sudbury, Ms., in 1736, and moved into the 
town in 176b, being the sixth settler in the town. He had been in the 



266 adjutant-general's report. 

2. Elisha "Woodbury, Captain. 
Thomas Hardy, First Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Corliss, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Samuel Richards, Captain. 
Moses Little, First Lieutenant. 
Jesse Carr, Second Lieutenant. 

4. John Moore, Captain. 

Thomas McLaughlin, First Lieutenant. 
ISTathaniel Boyd, Second Lieutenant. 

5. Joshua Abbott,* Captain. 
Samuel Atkinson, First Lieutenant. 
Abiel Chandler, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Gordon Ilutchins, Captain. 
Joseph Soper, First Lieutenant. 
Daniel Livermore, Second Lieutenant. 

7. Aaron Kinsman, Captain. 
Ebenezer Eastman, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Dearborn, Second Lieutenant. 

8. Henry Dearborn, Captain. 
Amos Morrill, First Lieutenant. 
Michael McClary, Second Lieutenant. 

9. Daniel Moore, Captain. 
Ebenezer Frye, First Lieutenant. 
John Moore, Second Lieutenant. 

" Seven Years' War " with Stark, as a ranger, and had " fought in 
twenty battles." Upon the news of the battle of Lexington he left work 
upon a barn in the joining town of Deering, and, collecting such of his 
neighbors as would volunteer, hastened for the scene of action. Arrived 
at Medford, he was chosen a captain and commissioned in Stark's regi- 
ment. On the 17th of June he, with his company, was sent on to Breed's 
Hill with a detachment under the gallant McClary, and took part in the 
fight. "While animating his men he was shot in the breast b}- a musket 
ball, and fell mortally wounded. He was borne from the field by two of 
his men, and died about sunset, aged 30 years. 

*■ Joshua Abbott was of Concord, the son of Nathaniel Abbott, born 
Feb'y 24, 1740. In September, 1777, he again had command of a com- 
pany that marched under the command of Lt. Col. Gerrish, of Boscawen, 
to reinforce the northern army at Saratoga. He died in March, 1815, 
aged 75 years. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 267 

10. George Reed, Captain. 

Abraham Reed, First Lieutenant. 
James Anderson, Second Lieutenant. 

Second N. H. Eegimeni, 1775. 
Enoch Poor, Colonel. 
John McDuffee, Lt. Colonel. 
Joseph Cilley,* Major. 
Jeremiah Fogg, Adjutant. 
Joseph Fogg, Quartermaster. 
C. G. Adams, Surgeon. 
William Sawyer, Surgeon's Mate. 
Ebenezer Cliftbrd, Quartermaster-Sergeant. 
David Kelley, Sergeant-Major. 

Comjpanies. 

1. Henry Elkins, Captain. 

Moses Leavitt, First Lieutenant. 
Richard Brown, Second Lieutenant. 

2. Winborn Adams,t Captain. 
John Griffin, First Lieutenant. 
Zebulon Drew, Second Lieutenant. 

♦ Joseph Cilley was from Nottingham, the son of Capt. Joseph Cilley, 
one of the early settlers of that town, and was born in 1745. He was en- 
gaged in the attack upon Fort William and Mary, in 1774, and was 
among the zealous patriots of that day. Upon the news of the battle of 
Lexington he marched for the scene of action at the head of one hundred 
volunteers from Nottingham and vicinity. He was appointed major in 
Poor's regiment by the Assembly of New-Hampshire. As this regiment 
was engaged in home defense, he did not participate in the battle of the 
17th of June. He was made lieutenant-colonel in 1776, and April 2, 1777, 
was appointed colonel of the 1st N. H. Kegimentof three years' men in the 
Continental Army, in place of Col. Stark, resigned. He fought his regi- 
ment bravely at Bemus's Heights ; was at the storming of Stony Point, 
at Monmouth, and other hard fought battles of the Revolution. After the 
war he was appointed major-general of the First Division of New-Hamp- 
shire Militia, June 22, 1786, and as such headed the troops that quelled 
the insurrection of that year; arresting thb leader of the rebels in the 
midst of his armed followers, with his own hand. Gen. Cilley was a man 
of great energy and industry, of strong passions, yet generous and hu- 
mane. He died in August, 1799, aged 64 years. 

f Winborn Adams was from Durham. He was a brave man, 'promoted 
in 1766 to a majority, for gallant conduct, and in the spring of 1777 



268 adjutant-general's report. 

3. Philip Tilton, Captain. 

Jacob Webster, First Lieutenant. 
John Tilton, Second Lieutenant. 

4. Benjamin Titconib,* Captain. 
Frederick M. Bell, First Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Evans, Second Lieutenant. 

5. Jeremiah Clough, Captain. 

, First Lieutenant. 

Thomas Lyford, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Winthrop Rowe, Captain. 
Zebulon Hilliard, First Lieutenant. 
Abraham Sanborn, Second Lieutenant. 

*■ 7. Samuel Gilman, Captain, 

>^Benjamin Kimball, First Lieutenant. 
Hervey Moore, Second Lieutenant. 

8. Jonathan AVentvvorth, Captain. 
James Carr, First-Lieutenant. 
Jethro Heard, Second Lieutenant. 

9. James Norris, Captain. 

Simon Dearborn, First Lieutenant. 
John Gilman, Second Lieutenant. 
10. Richard Shortridge, Captain. 

, First Lieutenant. 

Nathaniel Thwing, Second Lieutenant. 

made lieutenant-colonel in Col. Reid's regiment. He was mortally 
wounded in the battle of Stillwater, in the same year. 

* Benjamin Titcomb was from Dover. He was one of the most gallant 
men in the army. He was made major of Col. Reid's regiment in the 
spring of 1777. He was ever in the thickest of the fight. He has an 
honorable record in the Invalid Fay Roll, as thus : 

" May 14, 1784. Paid Maj. Benjamin Titcomb, of Col. Reid's regi- 
ment, wounded in three different battles, for half pay from January 1, 
1781, to January 1, 1782, which is 12 months, £1 lOs.— £90. 

He died at Dover. 



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MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 18G1. 269 

Third N, H: Regiment , 1775. 

James Reid,* Colonel. 

Israel Gilman, Lieuteuaiit-Colonel. 

Kathan Hale, Major. 

Stephen Peabodj, Adjutant. \(^^ 

Isaac Frye, Quartermaster. 

Ezra Green,! Surgeon. 

Nathaniel Breed, Surgeon's Mate. 



J- 



Companies. 

1. John Marcy, Captain. 

Isaac Farwell, First Lieutenant. 
James Taggart, Second Lieutenant. 

2. Benjamin Mann, Captain. 
Benjamin Brewer, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Pettingill, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Josiah Crosby, Captain. 

Daniel Wilkins, First Lieutenant. 
Thomas Maxwell, Second Lieutenant. 

4. William Walker, Captain. 
James Brown, First Lieutenant. 
"William Roby, Second Lieutenant. 
Philip Thomas, Captain. 

* James Eeid was of Fitzwilliara. He was an ardent patriot, and upon 
tidings of the battle of Lexington he raised volunteers from his fellow- 
townsmen, and marched to Medford, where he was commissioned as col- 
onel in the Massachusetts line. He beat up for volunteers, and enlisted 
four companies. Stark's popularity commanding a majority of the vol- 
unteers, Reid repaired to Exeter, took a commission from New-Hamp- 
shire, had turned over to him two companies of Stark's men, and four 
other companies were forthwith raised for him. He fought bravely in the 
battle of the 17th of June, on Breed's Hill. The hardships of camp life 
brought on blindness, and Col. Eeid retired from the army in 177G, with 
half pay. He died at Fitzwilliam. 

f Dr. Green was from Dover. He was born in Maiden, Ms., and gradu- 
ated at Harvard in the class of 1765. He joined the army, as above, in 
1775, and served on land until April, 1778, when he was appointed a sur- 
geon on board the Kangcr, under command of the noted John Paul Jones. 
Retiring from the service, in 1781, he settled at Dover as a merchant. He 
was a member of the Convention that framed our Constitution, and died 
at Dover, greatly respected, July 25, 1847, aged 101. 



270 adjutant-general's report. 

John Hooper, First Lieutenant. 
Ezfekiel Rand, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Ezra Towne, Captain. 

Josiah Brown, First Lieutenant. 
John Ilarkness, Second Lieutenant. 

7. Jonathan Whitcomb, Captain. 
Elijah Clayes, First Lieutenant. 
Stephen Carter, Second Lieutenant. 

8. Jacob Hiues, Captain. 

Isaac Stone, First Lieutenant. 
George Aldrich, Second Lieutenant. 

9. Levi Spaulding, Captain. 

Joseph Bradford, First Lieutenant. 
Thomas Bufie, Second Lieutenant. 
10. Hezekiah Hutchins, Captain. 

Amos Emerson, First Lieutenant. 
John Marsh, Second Lieutenant. 

Of these regiments, those of Colonels Stark and Reid 
continued at Medford, and participated in the glories of 
the battle of " Breed's Plill," while the 2d regiment, com- 
manded by Col. Poor, remained on duty at home. Some 
of them were employed in building fire rafts at Exeter, 
and in guarding or scouting with boats upon and down 
the Piscataqua ; while other companies were emploj'ed in 
guarding the sea coast of New-Hampshire, from Odiorue's 
Point to the mouth of the Merrimack. On the memora- 
ble 17th of June, " the militia of JSTew-Hampshire" fought 
with their accustomed skill and bravery. The New- 
Hampshire troops took their position at the rail fence, 
betwixt the redoubt and the Mj'stic river. They immedi- 
atel}^ threw np a sort of breast-work of stones across the 
beach to the river, and continued the rail-fence down the 
hill to this stone-w^all or breast-work. This w^all served 
a most excellent purpose, as the sharpshooters behind it 
could take the most deadly aim at the advancing foe ; and 
it is a well established fact that the British troops in front 
of tliis wall were almost completely annihilated. There 
stood John Moore and his company from Amoskeag, 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 271 

many of whom were " dead shots" among the noted Ran- 
gers. The New-Hampshire troops were opposed by the 
Welsh Fusileers, a veteran regiment, of much service 
and of the flower of the British army. They deployed 
in front of the rail-fence with the coolness and precision 
of a dress-parade, and marched toward our lines with the 
confidence of men wearing the laurels of the field of 
Minden ; but, when within forty yards, the New-Hamp- 
shire hunters opened upon them afire so rapid and severe 
that they wavered, broke their ranks, and fled in confu- 
sion. Rallied and reinforced, they again formed and 
marched to the attack. " Don't fire a gun, boys, till 
they pass that stick, and I say the word," said Stark; 
"fire low, aim at their waist-bands," rang the clear, 
full voice of McClary ! On came the serried ranks of 
the noble "Fusileers;'' " fire," shouted Stark, and that 
sharp cracking peal rose upon the air, from the New- 
Hampshire sharpshooters, that alone arises from well- 
charged musketry ; and when the smoke cleared away 
the ground was strewed with the dead and dying, and the 
British line was again retreating in disorder. No troops 
could stand such deadly fire. The British officers became 
aware of this fact, and, after rallying their forces for the 
third attack, gave orders to turn our left ; but in this 
attempt they were driven back with a slaughter more 
dreadful than before, and could not again be rallied. In 
the excitement the New-Hampshire troops raised the 
shout of victory, and rushed over the fence in pursuit of 
the retreating foe ; but Col. Stark restrained his men, and 
perceiving the fate of the redoubt, and that retreat was 
inevitable, his forces gave ground, and, the last to leave 
the field, retreated with the order of veteran troops. The 

*The late Gen. George W. P. Cuslis informed the writer that ho had 
often heard Gen. Washington relate, as an example of great courage, that 
as the British troops were marching up the hill, Stark determinedly 
stepped out in front of his regiment, some forty yards, and thrust a stick 
into the ground; returning to his line he said, "There, don't a man fire 
till the redcoats come up to that stick ; if lie he does, I will knock him 
down ;" and not a man of his fired till they reached the stick and Stark 
gave the word " fire." 



272 ^ adjutant-general's report. 

next day the ground in front of the New-Hampshire line 
was fonnd literally covered with the dead. An eye wit- 
ness counted the next day, in front of the wall, betwixt 
the Mystic and the swarded ground of the hill, ninety-six 
dea4 bodies, and this was after the officers and the 
wounded had been removed. Here was where the Brit- 
ish troops made their effort to turn our left, and here was 
displayed the handj^-work of Capt. John Moore and his 
company of veterans. It is not too much to assume that 
if the other parts of the lines had been defended with 
equal bravery, the entire British force would have been 
driven from the hill, or annihilated. 

After the battle of the 17th of June Col. Poor's regi- 
ment was ordered to the seat of war. Capt. Elkins' com- 
pany — the last to march — being on duty at Hampton, was 
not ordered off until August 1. The people of New- 
Hampshire had a quadruple duty to perform during the 
Revolution. She had to furnish troops for the defense. of 
her sister States, to defend her sea-port from attack, to 
protect her north-western frontiers from the attacks of the 
British, and to protect her north-eastern frontiers from at- 
tacks of the Indians who made their inroads through the 
White Mountain Notch, and down the valley of the An- 
droscoggin. To accomplish all this required men, means, 
energy and union. It is but just to say that she was equal 
to the crisis. 

Two forts were built at the "Narrows," a narrow channel 
on the Piscataqua river, about a mile below the town, by 
the inhabitants of Portsmouth and vicinity, under the di- 
rection of Capt. Ezekiel Worthen as engineer. The fort 
on the west side of the channel was called Fort Washing- 
ton, and the one on the east side of the channel received 
the name of Sullivan. A compan}^ of forty men was or- 
dered to take charge of these forts, under the command 
of Capt. Robert Parker, and the entire fortifications of the 
harbor were put under the command of Capt. Titus Salter, 
who already had under his command a company of mat- 
ross men. In June, 1775, a company of rangers was raised 
for the defense of the frontiers on Connecticut river, un- 
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Timothy Bedel, Captain. 
Abraham Palmer, First Lieutenant. 
Charles Nelson, Second Lieutenant. 

In July two other companies of Rangers were raised 
for the like purpose. These were organized into a regi- 
ment thus: 

Timothy Bedel, Colonel. 

Thomas Hibbard, Adjutant. 

Nathaniel Wales, Quartermaster. 

Abner Barker, Surgeon. 

James Gold, Sergeant-Major. 

Co}7ipanies. 

1. Timothy Bedel, Col. and Captain. 
Abraham Palmer, First Lieutenant. 
Charles Nelson, Second Lieutenant. 

2. James Osgood, Captain. 

Matthew Thornton, Jr., First Lieutenant. 
Jotham Cummings, Second Lieutenant. 

3. John Parker, Captain. 

Asa Pattee, First Lieutenant. 
Seth Wheeler, Second Lieutenant. 

This regiment was discharged with December. 

At the same time scouts were kept out at Conway, to 
defend the inhabitants from the incursions of the Indians. 

The whole militia of the State was divided into twelve 
regiments, by the Convention of 1775, and the field offi- 
cers were chosen by that body, while the platoon officers 
were chosen by the several companies. 

From these regiments were enlisted four regiments of 
minute men, to be read}' for marching at a minute's warn- 
ing ; iience their name. They were constantly trained, and 
when in active service received the same pay as regiments 
in the Continental service. There was a company of min- 
ute men in most of the towns, and in some of the laro^e 
towns two and three companies. 

In the fall of 1775, fears were entertained that Ports- 
mouth might be attacked seaward, and the fortifications 
18 



274 adjutant-general's report. 

were doubly guarcled. The militia were called upon, and 
enlistments made in the matross companies, and a rifle 
compan\' was added to the forces upon Great Island, now 
Newcastle. 

Joshua Wingate, of Stratham, was appointed Colonel 
of these forces in the harbor, and Jonathan Moulton of 
Hampton, was appointed colonel of the troops for guard- 
ins: the sea-coast. November 5, 1775, Col. Wino-ate made 
a report of the forces guarding the Piscataqua harbor. 
The officers and the stations were as follows : 

Comfanies. 

1. Caleb Hodgdon, Captain. ^ 

Joseph Pinkham, First Lieutenant. 1 On Seavey's 
John Wingate, Jr., Second Lieutenant. | Island. 
Moses Hodgdon, Ensign. J 

38 rank and Hie. 

2. Alpheus Chesley, Captain. ^ ^^^ Seavev's 
Archelaus "Woodman, First Lieut. )■ t i. ' i 
Nathaniel Hill, Ensign, j 

29 rank and Hie. 

3. David Place, Captain. '^ 

Ebenezer Tibbetts, First Lieutenant. ! On Seavey's 

John Ham, Second Lieutenant. ( Island. 

George- Place, Ensign. J 
56 rank and file. 

6. John Hill, Captain. ^ 

William Babb, First Lieutenant. I On Seavey's 

John Drew, Second Lieutenant. ( Island. 

Isaac Runnels, Ensign. j 
46 rank and file. 

7. Smith Emerson, Captain. ^ 

Elijah Denbow, First Lieutenant. ! On Seavej^'s 

Eliphalet Dadcl, Second Lieutenant. ( Island. 

Micajah Bickford, Ensign. J 
QQ rank and file. 

8. Nathaniel Hobbs, Captain. ^ O P' - ' 
Daniel Smith, First Lieutenant. > y i -, 
Thomas Leavitt, Second Lieutenant, j « i • 

34 rank and file. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



275 



9. Cutting Cilley, Captain. 

Joseph Morrell, Frst Lieutenant. 
Philip Bartlctt, Second Lieutenant. 
'^ — Ebenezer Tilton, Ensign. 
41 rauk and tile. 

10. Niehohis Rawlings, Captain. 
William Chase, First Lieutenant. 

\ John Clark, Ensign. 

22 rank and file. 

11. Henry Elkins, Captain. 

"William Prescott, First Lieutenant. 
James Perkins, Second Lieutenant. 
William Blaisdell, Ensign. 
48 rank and tile. 

12. Moses Yeaton, Captain. 
Samuel Wallingford, First Lieut. 
Nathaniel Garland, Second Lieut. 
Gershom Wentworth, Ensign. 

45 rank and file. 

13. Joseph Clifford, Captain. 
Moses Shaw, Second Lieutenant. 

21 rank and file. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



! On Pierce's 
I Island. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



14. James Hill, Captain. Y 

Samuel Baker, First Lieutenant. [ On Pierce's 

Samuel Gilman, Second Lieutenant. ( Island. 

Zebulon Barber, Ensign. J 
40 rank and tile. 

15. Thomas Berry, Captain \ On Pierce's 
Thomas Johnson, J^ irst Lieutenant. [> -r.,, ■, 
Thomas Marston, Second Lieutenant. J 

22 rank and file. 



16. Mark Wiggin, Captain. 
William French, Lieutenant. 
Andrew French, Ensign. 

23 rauk and file. 

17. David Copps, Captain. 

Andrew Gilman, First Lieutenant. 
Andrew Wiggin, Second Lieutenant. 
Daniel Drew, Ensign. 

37 rauk and file. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



On Pierce's 
Island. 



276 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



18. Eliphalet Daniels, Captain. 

Mendum Janvrin, Commissary. 
Andrew Marsliall, First Lieutenant. 
Jacob Clark, Second Lieutenant. 
John Paine, Third Lieutenant. 
Richard Wilson, Gunner. 
Thomas Palmer, Gunner's Mate. 
19 rank and tile. 



} Fort Sullivan. 



Field Artillery — three Brass Pieces. 

19. Br. Hall Jackson, Captain. 

Brass piece No. 1. 
William Yeaton, Lieutenant. 
14 rank and tile. 
Brass piece JSTo. 2. 
Ebeuezer Deering, Lieutenant. 
18 rank and file. 
Brass piece No. 3. 
John Marden, Lieutenant. 
10 rank and file. 

20. George Jerry Osborne, Captain. 
William Blunt, First Lieutenant. 
David Sweet, Second Lieutenant. 

30 rank and file. 



Stationed in 
the town of 
Portsmouth, 
upon the Pa- 
rade. 



Stationed at 
Portsmouth. 



Carpenters. 

21. William Deering, Captain. 

12 rank and file. 

Bijfemen. 

22. James Parr, Lieutenant. 

35 rank and file. 



23. 



Artillerymen. 



Eobert Follet, Captain. 

16 rank and tile. 



24. Samuel Bragdon, First Lieutenant. ^ 
Nehemiah Bane, Second Lieutenant. V 

22 rank and file. J 

25. Robert Ford, Captain. ^ 
Alexander Gerrish, First Lieutenant. } 
Ebenezer Libbey, Second Lieutenant, j 

29 rank and file. 



Stationed at 
Portsmouth. 



On Great Is- 
land. 



At Kittery 
Point. 

At Kittery 
Point. 



At Kittery 
Point. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 277 

26. Samuel Mclnt3're, Captain. ^ a , T-if|.g,.xr 
Daniel Littleiield. First Lieutenant. > P " t 
Josiah Bragdon, Second Lieutenant. J 

47 rank and file. 

27. Noah LMefiel.l, Captain | At Kittery 

Daniel W neelwright, h irst Lieut. > Point 

John Walker, Second Lieutenant. J 
42 rank and file. 

28. Stephen Hodgdon, Captain. | ^^ j^-^^^ 
Samuel Grant, l^irst Lieutenant. )■ Poii t 
Gilbert Warren, Second Lieutenant, j 

47 rank and file. 

The first of December, 1775, an express arrived from 
Gen. Sullivan, who had been appointed brigadier-general 
bj' the Continental Congress, and was in command at 
" Winter Hill," in Charlestown, that the troops from Con- 
necticut refused to tarry longer, and requesting urgently 
that men be sent from New-Hampshire to fill their places. 
December 2, 1775, the Committee of Safety determined 
to answer this call for troops, although the State then had 
in active service more than three thousand men. Accord- 
ingly commissions were sent out to particular men in va- 
rious towns, to enlist men for a short term of service, to 
reinforce Gen. Sullivan, weakened by the defection of the 
Connecticut troops, and thirty-one companies marched to 
Medford in answer to the call, numbering sixty-three men 
each, and were there mustej-ed into service by Maj. Burn- 
ham, the mustering ofiicer, appointed for the occasion by 
" The Committee of Safety."* These were called " Six 
Weeks' Men," and were two thousand and fifty-eight in 
number. Thus New-Hampshire had in the field in De- 
cember, 1775, more than five thousand men ! These 
troops, thus so opportunelj'^ and patriotically raised, were 
from the towns and under the officers as seen in the follow- 
ing list, reported by the muster-master : 

*Dr. Belknap says, "Sixteen companies of the New-Hampshire Militia, 
of sixty-one men each, supplied the place of the Connecticut troops ;" but 
as Major Hurnham's Report and the minutes of "The Committee of Safe- 
ty "agree as to there being thirty-one companies, the facts must be as 
stated above. 



278 adjutant-general's report. 

l6'^ Co. Henry Elkins,* Hampton, Captain ; David Page, 
1st Lieutenant ; Ephraim Eaton, 2d Lieutenant. 

2d Co. ■ Benja. Taylor, Amherst, Captain ; j^athan Bal- 
lard, 1st Lieutenant ; John Bradford, 2d Lieutenant. 

Sd Co. Daniel Runnels, Londonderry, Captain ; Joseph 
Gregg, 1st Lieutenant; Daniel Miltimer, 2d Lieutenant. 

4:th Co. Jacob Webster, Kingstown, Captain ; Ezekiel 
Guile, 1st Lieutenant ; Abijah AVheeler, 2d Lieutenant. 

5th Co. Thomas Bartlett, Nottingham, Captain ; Daniel 
Page, 1st Lieutenant ; Samuel Graj', 2d Lieutenant. 

6th Co. Benja. Emery, Captain, Concord ; John Brad- 
ley, 1st Lieutenant; Moses Eastman, 2d Lieutenant. 

1th Co. Augustus Blanchard, Merrimack, Captain; 
David Allds, 1st Lieutenant ; John Hazelton, 2d Lieu- 
tenant. 

8ih Co. Andrew Bunten, Pembroke, Captain ; Sam'l 
McConnell, 1st Lieutenant; Peter Rgbiuson, 2d Lieu- 
tenant. 

9th Co. Samuel Conner, Pembroke, Captain ; INIatthew 
Pettingill, 1st Lieutenant; Nath'l Head, 2d Lieutenant. 

10th Co. Mark Wiggin, Stratham, Captain ; Nicholas 
Rawlings, 1st Lieutenant; William Chase, 2d Lieutenant. 

ll^A Co. James Gilmore, AVindham, Ca{)tain ; Samuel 
Kelley, 1st Lieutenant ; David Gordon, 2d Lieutenant. 

12th Co. Stephen Clark,* Epping, Captain; Simon 
Dearborn, 1st Lieutenant; Daniel Gordon, 2d Lieutenant. 

ISth Co. Moses Baker, Candia, Captain; Joseph Dear- 
born, 1st Lieutenant ; Benja. Cass, 2d Lieutenant. 

14th Co. Samuel Baker, Newmarket, Captain ; Zebu- 
Ion Barber, 1st Lieutenant; John Allen, 2d Lieutenant. \/^ 

* Capt. Henry Elkins was a zealous whig, from Hampton. He raised 
the first company of men raised by order of the Convention, after the 
opening of the war at Lexington, and was attached to Col. Poor's regi- 
ment. He was in active service at Exeter and Hampton till August 1, 
1775, when he was ordered to join his regiment. He soon was transferred 
and took command of a company in the Piscataqua harbor. He was among 
the first to whom commissions were sent to raise a company for this emer- 
gency. After the evacuation of Boston, he resumed his former position. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 279 

15ih Co. David Place, Rochester, Captain ; Thomas 
Hodgdon, 1st Lieutenant; Aaron Hanson, 2d Lieutenant. 

16//i Co. Elijah Dinsmore, Lee, Captain ; John Mc- 
Cretus, 1st Lieutenant ; Eliphulet Duda, 2d Lieutenant. 

IKh Co. Alpheus Cheslcy, Durham, Captain ; Arche- 
laus Woodman, 1st Lieutenant; Zaccheus Clough, 2d 
Lieutenant. 

18/A Co. John Waldron, Dover, Captain ; Ebenezer 
Ricker, 1st Lieutenant; John Goodwin, 2d Lieutenant. 

19th Co. Jolm Drew, Barrington, Captain; William 
Babb, 1st Lieutenant; George Waterhouse, 2d Lieutenant. 

20ih Co. Greenleaf Clark, Greenland, Captain ; David 
Simson, 1st Lieutenant ; John Johnson, 2d Lieutenant. 

21.s(! Co. Xath'l Odiorne, Portsmouth, Captain ; John 
Furness, 1st Lieutenant; Wm. Stilson, 2d Lieutenant. 

22f/ Co. Benja. Boardnian, Exeter, Captain ; Porter 
t^ Kimball, 1st Lieutenant; Winthrop Dudlej-, 2d Lieu- 
tenant. 

2M Co. Eleazer Cummings, New-Ipswich, Captain; 
Henry Furgerson, 1st Lieutenant ; Ezekiel Goodale, 2d 
Lieutenant. 

24//i Co. Joseph Parsons, Rye, Captain ; Wm. Cooper, 
1st Lieutenant ; Ebenezer Bayley, 2d Lieutenant. 

2oili Co. David Copps, Wakefield, Captain ; Andrew 
Gilman, 1st Lieutenant; Sam'l Wallingford, 2d Lieu- 
tenant. 

26//i Co. Noah Worcester, Hollis, Captain ; Obadiah 
Parker, 1st Lieutenant ; Rob't Sever, 2d Lieutenant. 

21(h Co. ISfoses Yeaton, Somersworth, Captain; Dau'l 
Higgins, 1st Lieutenant ; Moses Yeaton, 2d Lieutenant. 

28/^ Co. Joshua Martin, GofFstown, Captain ; James 
Smith, 1st Lieutenant; William Ayres, 2d Lieutenant. 

29th Co. Timothy Clements, Hopkinton, Captain ; Jo- 
seph Chandler, 1st Lieutenant ; Amos Gould, 2d Lieu- 
tenant, 

30/A Oo. Peter Coffin, Exeter, Captain ; John Hall, 
1st Lieutenant; James Sinkler, 2d Lieutenant. 



280 adjutant-general's report. 

Slst Co. James Shepard, Canterbury, Captain ; Sam'l 
Chamberlain, 1st Lieutenant; Abraham Perkins, 2d 
Lieutenant. 

These troops remained with Gen. Sullivan upon Winter 
Hill, until the Eriiish evacuated Boston, when they were 
discharged. ■^ 

By recommendation of the Continental Congress, in 
session at Philadelphia, ISTovembcr 3, 1775, a Congress of 
the Representatives of the people of New-Hampshire was 
called to meet at Exeter, on the 5th day of January, 1776. 
This Congress voted to " take up civil government for 
this colony, assumed the name, power and authority of a 
House of Representatives, or Assembly, for the Colony 
OF New-Hampshire," and provided for the election of a 
second House or Council. This Congress continued the 
military laws and organization then established in the 
Colony, as among other acts it provided " That general 
and lield-oificers of the militia, on any vacancy, be appoint- 
ed by the two houses, and all inferior officers be chosen 
by tlie respective companies." 

After the declaration of independence, in July follow- 
ing, and a determination to maintain the same at all haz- 
ards, a new militia system became necessary, and in Sep- 
tember, 1776, an act was passed by the " Two Houses" 
"for forming and regulating the Militia within the State 
of New-Hampshire, in New-England." This act made a 
radical change in the militia system 'of the State. It pro- 
vided for two classes of soldiers — a Training Band and 
an Alarm List. 

' The Training Band was constituted of all the able- 
bodied male persons in the State, from sixteen years old to 
fifty, except certain persons in position and employment 
specified, and Negroes, Indians, and Mulattoes. 

The militia of each county was to be divided into regi- 
ments by the Council and House of Representatives, and 
they were to cht)Ose by ballot one major-general " over 
the whole militia," with power at all times " to draw forth 
the said militia, or any part thereof," as he " should judge 



/ 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 281 

expedient and necessary for the immediate defense of 
this or any of the United States of America;" and said 
major-general and all other militia officers were to be sub- 
ject to the orders of the Council and House of Represen- 
tatives. 

The field oflicers, one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, 
and two major-, td each legiment, were to be chosen in 
the same manner, and they were to divide the r giments 
into companies, consisting, as ne.ir as might be, of sixty- 
eight privates each. 

The companies, including those upon the Alarm List, 
a field officer presiding, were to choose a captain, two y^ 
lieutenants and one ensign to each. An adjut.nt was to 
be chosen for each regiment, by the Council and House, 
by ballot; the nominees to be presented by the field offi- 
cers of the same, and the non-commissioned officers were 
to be chosen by the respecti.e companies. 

Each ofiicer and private soldier was " to equip himself 
and be constantly provided with a good Fire Arm, good 
ramrod, a worm, priming-wire and brush, and a ba3'onet 
fitted to his gun, a scabbard and belt therefor, and a cut- 
ting sword or a tomahawk, or hatchet, a pouch contain- 
ing a cartridge-box that will hold fifteen rounds of car- 
tridges at least, a hundred buck-shot, a jack-knife, and 
tow for wadding, six flints, one pound of powder, forty 
leaden balls, fitted to his gun, a knapsack and blanket, a 
canteen or wooden bottle, sufficient to hold one quart;" 
each town was to provide and deposit in some safe place 
for use in case of an alarm, a specified number of spades 
or shovels,- axes and picks, and to provide arms and equip- 
ments for those unable to provide them for themselves; 
and parents, masters or guardians were to provide for 
those under their care. Each company was to muster 
eight times a year, including the regimental musters. 

The major-general could order one or more musters 
annuall}', and the commanding officers neglecting to call . 
out their regiments at the order of the major-general, 
might be removed by order of courts-martial ; and so of 
platoon officers neglecting or disobeying orders. 



282 , adjutant-general's report. 

The major-general was "triable by the Council and 
House of Ilepresentatives ;" the field ofiicers by courts- 
martial ordered by the major-general, and the adjutants 
and platoon officers by courts-martial ordered by their 
respective colonels, or commanding officers. 

Treating with victuals or drink, "on any training or 
muster-days," subjected any officers so oflending to be 
removed from office b}^ court-martial. 

The Alarm List included all male persons, from sixteen 
years of age to sixty-five, not included in the Training 
/ Band, and not exempted by the first section of the act. 

I They were to serve in a separate corps, — were subject to 

be called out of their towns by no officer under the rank 
of a colonel; and once in every six months they were to 
be called out by the captains of the companies belonging 
to the training bands, in the limits of which they resided, 
to have their arras and accouterments examined. 

The Alarm was to be given by firing three guns, one 
after the other; by firing the beacon, or the drums beat- 
ing the alarm. A deputy commissary was to be appointed 
by the General Assembly for each regiment, who was to 
be accountable to, and obey the orders of, the commissary 
of the State. 

The officers and soldiers, in case of being called forth 
for an emergenc}^ were each to furnish himself with at 
least three days' allowance of provisions, and the select- 
men of their towns were immediately to cause carriages 
to attend them, with further necessary provisions, and 
utensils to cook the same. 

Military watches, or guards, were to be appointed by the 
commissioned officers of each town, or by the commanding 
officers, in such numbers and at such times and places as 
were designated ; and all persons in the Training Band or 
Alarm List, under sixty years of age, were required to do 
watch duty. Penalties were attached for disobedience or 
neglect, and all fines were to be paid to the selectmen or 
treasurers of the towns in which the delinquents had their 
residence. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 283 

"When the militia of the State, or any part of the same, 
was out " on alarm for the immediate defense of this, or 
any other of the United Colonies of America," fifty-nine 
articles, known as the " Articles of War," were enacted 
for their government and regulation. These were very 
stringent, and calculated for every conceivable contingency 
that might arise. Under this act the training band was 
divided into regiments in the several counties, with as lit- 
tle variation from the limits of the former regiments as 
possible. 

This act continued in operation during the most critical 
part of the war. Troops were raised for the continental 
army by voluntary enlistments ; but when these did not 
furnish the quotas, the Council and House of Representa- 
tives, or Committee of Safety, ordered a specilic number of 
men to be raised in each regiment. This number was 
apportioned among the several companies of the regi- 
ments, and the companies, being paraded, the draft w^as 
made under the direction of their commanding officers. 

The regiments were organized anew, and were increased 
in number, and the quotas for the State for this year, in 
the Continental and State service, were raised from the sev- 
eral regiments, according to their numbers, the Assembly 
making the apportionments. 

The Assembly voted to raise two thousand men for " the 
service" in this year. The numbers of the several regi- 
ments, the colonels of the same, their places of residence, 
the number of men in each regiment from 16 to 50 years 
of age, and the number to be furnished by each regimentj 
are seen from the following table. 



284 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 





Colonel. 


Place of residence. 


Men from 
16 to 50. 


c ^ 

6.0 


i 








Pi 


1. 


William Whipple,* 


Portsmouth, 


1561 


193 


2. 


Stephen Evans,* 


Dover, 


1666 


207 


g 


Jonathan Moulton,* 


Hampton, 


781 


97 


4. 


Nicholas Gilman, 


Exeter, 


1665 


207 


5. 


John \Vebster, 


Chester, 


609 


75 


6. 


Matthew Thornton, 


Londonderry, 


712 


89 


7. 


Josiah Bartlett, 


Kingston, 


1120 


139 


8. 


Moses Nichols,* - 


Amherst, 


1252 


145 


9. 


Daniel Moore,* 


Bedford, 


1132 


140 


10. 


Joseph Badger, 


Gilmanton, 


803 


100 


11. 


Thomas Stickney,* 


Concord, 


1345 


168 


12. 


David Hobart,* - 


Plymouth, 


378 


47 


13. 


Samuel Ashlev,* 


Winchester, 


1080 


134 


14. 


Enoch Hale,*" 


Punge, 


959 


120 


15. 


Benjamin Bellows,* 


AValpole, 


675 


84 


16. ' 


Israel Morey,* 


Orford, 


347 


43 


17. 


Jonathan Chase,* 


Cornish, 


492 


61 




Conway, 




33 


4 



Total, 



16710 



2063 



The men marked thus * marched to the battle-field at the head of 
their tr<K!ps, while all the otherstook active and distinguished parts in the 
Kevokuion, as civilians or soldiers. 

A portion of the men raised were sent to fill the three 
Continential regiments which were under the same 
officers. Three hundred men were posted at the for- 
tifications in the Harbor of Portsmouth, and the remain- 
der were placed in new regiments as occasion demanded. 

In September of the preceding year, the troops under 
Arnold, for the invasion of Canada, had marched from 
Cambridge b^^ the way of the Kennebec and Chaudiere 
rivers, their first object being to take Quebec. Geu. Mont- 
gomerj',* at the head of another force, was to march bj^the 
way of Champlain and the St. Lawrence, and form a junc- 
tion with Arnold. The expedition proved a failure. Capt. 

*Gen. Eichard Montgomery was born in Ireland, in 1737. He fought 
under Wolfe at Quebec, in 1759. He settled in this country in 1772. and 
married an American lady, the daughter of Judge Livingston, of New- 
York. In the early organization of the American forces, the Northern de- 
partment was under his command, in connection with Gen. Schuyler. The 
latter being in ill health. Gen. Montgomery had the chief command. He 
commanded the forces raised for the invasion of Canada, in the fall of 
1775, and in an assault on Quebec, after his junction with Arnold, made 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 285 

Henij Dearborn, of Stark's regiment, was attached to this 
expedition, and iulisted 77 men from Stark's and Poor's 
regiments. Tlie officers wore as follows: 

Henry Dearborn, Captain. 

Nathaniel Plotchins, Lieutenant and Ensign. 

Arami Andrews, Ensign and Sergeant. 

Capt. Samuel Ward and eleven privates from Col. James 
Eeid's regiment were also attached to Arnold's expedition. 

News had reached the States of the mishaps of Arnold, 
and of the fall of Montgomery in an unsuccessful attack 
upon Quebec, and the consequent retreat of the Ameri- 
can army. A call was made for troops to reenforce and 
save this army, now under the comnnxnd of Maj. Gen. 
Thomas,* and jSTew-IIampshire answered the call with her 
usual promptness. In January of this year a regiment 
had been raised for the defense of the frontiers bordering 

December 31, of that year, he was killed, as he was leading his troops in 
the attack. A battery, manned by a company of Canadian militia, was 
planted near an old building used as a "potashery," on the bank of the St. 
Lawrence. This commanded the only approach up the river's bank ; but 
Montgomery and his men made such a furious assault upon the batterj" 
that the Canadians fled without discharging a cannon and but few muskets. 
As they fled, one of the men turned round and flashed his gun over the 
ready priming of a loaded cannon, and discharged it upon the advancing 
Americans. This discharge killed Gen. Montgomery and two of his aids, 
and doubtless saved the city, as the attacking party was panic-stricken, and 
the troops generally disheartened, by the sad event. The next morning 
his body was buried by a few soldiers. Congress erected a beautiful mon- 
ument to his memory in St. Paul's Church Yard, in the city of New- York, 
and in 1818. bj- order of the Legislature of New- York, his remains were 
taken up (the grave being pointed out by an old soldier) and removed to 
JNew-York, and deposited in St. Paul's Church. 

\_Caj4. Nathaniel Easiman. of East Cma rd, a soldier tnider Monigom- 
ery, and an eye witness. "[ — N. H. Gazette. — Allen s Bioyrajihical Dictionary. 

* Gen. John Thomas was of Kingston, Ms. lie was in the campaigns of 
1756-60 against the French and Indians, and served with distinction. 
When the British troops were in force in Boston, in 1775, he raised a reg- 
iment and marched to Roxbury. He was soon appointed a brigadier- 
general, and in March, 1776, a major-general, and was ordered to Quebec, to 
succeed Montgomery. He arrived there in May, and soon raised a hope- 
less siege, and commenced a retreat. He died of the small-pox, at Cham- 
blee, a town in Canada, on the Sorelle river. 



286 adjutant-general's report. 

on Connecticut river. This regiment was ordered to join 
the Northern Continental array in ISTew-York, for reen- 
forcing our army in Canada. Its roll of officers was as 
follows : 

Timothy Bedel, Colonel. 
Joseph Wait, Lieut. Colonel. 
Isaac Butterfield, Major. 
Augustine Ilibbard, Chaplain. 
Abner Barker, Surgeon. 
George Edgar, Surgeon's Mate. 
Thomas Hubbard, Adjutant. 
Nathaniel Wales, Quartermaster. 

Compomes. 

1. Joseph Estabrooks, Captain. 
Benjamin Holbrook, Ensign. 

2. Daniel Carlisle, Captain. 
Elisha Whitcomb, Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Stone, Lieutenant. 
Aaron Smith, Ensign. 

3. Jason Wait, Captain. 
Samuel Sargent, Lieutenant. 
John Griggs, Lieutenant. 
Thomas Jones, Ensign. , 

4. Daniel Wilkins, Captain. 

\ William Roby, First Lieutenant. 

John Mills, Second Lieutenant. 
William Bradford, Ensign. 
^'- 5. Ebenezer Greene, Captain. 

John White, First Lieutenant. 
Benj'amin Grout, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Chamberlain, Ensign. 

6. James Osgood, Captain. 

Samuel Fowler, First Lieutenant. 
John Webster, Second Lieutenant. 
Charles Hill, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 287 

7. Edward Everett, Captain. 

Ebenezer Chamberlain, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Thurber, Second Lieutenant. 
Amos "Webster, Ensign. 

8. Samuel Young, Captain and Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Whitcomb, Second Lieutenant. 
Ils^athaniel Wales, Ensign. 

This regiment marched into Canada, and at a fort called 
" the Cedars," was disgracefully surrendered.* 

In January, 177G, a company of field artillery was raised 
for the defense of Portsmouth, with the following officers : 

George Turner, Captain. 
Ebenezer Deering, Lieutenant. 
John Marden, Ensign. 

In the Spring six additional matrossf companies were 
raised for the defense of Portsmouth and its harbor, un- 
der the following commanders : 

Caleb Hodgdon, Ebenezer Deering, Timothy Clements, 
John Calfe, Nathaniel Brown, and Mark Wiggin. 

* Col. Bedel was absent at the tinie, and the regiment was surrendered by 
his major, Isaac Butterfield. That Col. Bedel had no responsibility in the 
matter is proved by the clearest testimony The papers of the regiment 
were lost at "the Cedars," and his adjutant made up a muster-roll and 
attached his certificate to the same. The roll and certificate are on file in 
the office of the Secretary' of State. It was dated at 

"Isle aux Koix, June 24, 1776," 
and closes thus : 

" The reason of this certificate is, that the muster-rolls, with other papers, 
during Col. Bedel's absence, were left with me at the Cedars, and during 
the time of the siege, to save them,from falling into the enemy's hands, I 
deposited the said papers, with some of my own, behind the ceiling of the 
room I lived in ; but the fort being taken, I never had any opportunity to 
get them, being within the enemy's lines; so imagine they remain there to 
this day ; all of which I declare upon honor. 

Thomas Hibbard, Adjutant." 

Were other proof wanting, this is most conclusive. 

f " Matrosses are soldiers in a train of artillery, who are next to the 
gunners, and assist them in loading, firing, and sponging the guns. They 
carry firelocks, and march with the store-wagons as guards and assistants." 
— Webster. 



288 adjutant-general's report. 

Another regiment was raised in July, under the com- 
mand of Col. Isaac Wyraan, for the same object. Its roll 
of officers was as follows : 

Isaac Wyman, Colonel. 
Joseph Senter, Lt. Colonel. 
Stephen Peabody, Major. 
Dr. Frink, Surgeon. 
Isaac Temple, Adjutant. 
William Russel, Quartermaster. 
Noah Emer}', Paymaster. 

, Companies. 

1. William Harper, Captain. 
Benjamin Mooney, 1st Lieutenant. 
Robert Peaslee, 2d Lieutenant. 
Elisha Prescott, Ensign. 

2. W^illiam Stilson, Captain. 
Jacob Waldron, Lieutenant. 

3. James Shepard, Captain. 
Samuel Davis, 1st Lieutenant. 
Enoch Gerrish, 2d Lieutenant. 
John Bean, Ensign. 

4. John Drew, Captain. 
Samuel Copp, 1st Lieutenant. 
Daniel McNeil,* 2d Lieutenant. 
John Davis, Ensign. 

5. Samuel Wetherbee, Captain. 

Kilburn, 1st Lieutenant. 

Davis Howlett, 2d Lieutenant. 
Hubbard, Ensign. 

6. Joseph Dearborn, Captain. 

David Weatherspoon, 1st Lieutenant. 
Timothy Wprthley, 2d Lieutenant. 

7. Joseph Chandler, Captain. 
W^illiam Wallace, 1st Lieutenant. 
Moses, 2d Lieutenant. 

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8, Joseph Parker, Captain. 
Daniel Rand, First Lieutenant. 
David Hunter, Second Lieutenant. 
John Taggart, Ensign. 

9. William Barron, Captain. 
John Luiit, First Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Burton, Second Lieutenant. 
Richard Whitner, Second Lieutenant. 
James Gilmore, Ensign. 

In July and August, still another regiment was raised 
for Canada, and placed under command of Col, Joshua 
Wingate. The roll of officers was as follows : 

Joshua Wingate, Colonel. 
Samuel Connor, Lt. Colonel. 
Moses Baker, Major, 
James Underwood, Adjutant. 
Timothy White, Quartermaster. 
Samuel Wigglesworth, Surgeon. 
Samuel Moore, Surgeon's Mate. 
Rev. Nathaniel Porter, Chaplain. 
Joseph Bass, Paymaster. 

Companies. 

1. David Quimby, Captain. 
Jacob Webster, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Eastman, 2d Lieutenant. 
Ezekiel Gile, Ensign. 

2. James Arnold, Captain. 
Joshua Grant, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Clark, 2d Lieutenant. 
Mark Noble, Ensign. 

3. Daniel Emerson, Jr., Ca^fein. 
William Merrill, 1st Lieutenant. 
Obadiah Parker, 2d Lieutenant. 
Moses Grimes, Ensign. 

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290 adjutant-general's report. 

4. John N"e8mith, Captain. 
Richard Dow, Ist Lieutenant. 
Alexander Graham, 2d Lieutenant. 
Samuel Cheney, Ensign. 

5. Samuel Nay, Captain. 
Caleb Tilton, 1st Lieutenant. 
Thomas Leavitt, 2d Lieutenant. 
Dudley Sanborn, Ensign. 

6. Simon Marston, Captain. 
Zebulon Barber, 1st Lieutenant. 
Andrew McGaffey, 2d Lieutenant, 
Wra. Bennett, Ensign. 

7. William Humphrey, Captain. 
William Symonds, 1st Lieutenant. 
Israel Whipple, 2d Lieutenant. 
Moses Belding, Ensign. 

8. Joseph Badger, Jr., Captain. 
Elijah Dinsmore, 1st Lieutenant. 
Samuel Wallingford, 2d Lieutenant. 
John Parsons, Ensign. 

The regiments under Cols. Wyman and Wingate were 
raised for the army of Canada, but joined the Northern 
Army in JSTew-York, Gen. Sullivan having made his suc- 
cessful retreat with the remnant of Montgomery's Army, 
before their arrival. 

The 7th of August, the Committee of Safety ordered 
the addition of another company to the six matross com- 
panies at Portsmouth, and that the ranks of the companies 
should be tilled, and the same formed into a regiment. 
The 25th of September the regiment was organized as 

fioL. Pierce Long's Regiment. 
Pierce Long, Colonel. 
Herculea Mooney, Lt. Colonel. 
Caleb Hodgdon, Major. 
James McClure, Adjutant. 
Hall Jackson, Surgeon. 
James Howe, Surgeon's Mate. 
George Gains, Quartermaster. 



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1 Companies. 

1. Caleb Hodgdon, Captain and Major. 
Abraham Perkins, Captain and Lieutenant. 
Tobias Laighton, Lieutenant. 

Samuel Stagpole, Lieutenant. 
John Starbord, Ensign. 

2. Ebenezer Deering, Captain. 

Nathaniel Hutchings, Captain and Lieutenant. 
Thomas Bowler, First Lieutenant ^ 
Shackford Seaward, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Timothy Clement, Captain. 
Nathaniel Fifield, First Lieutenant. 

"^Henry Tewxbury, Second Lieutenant. 
Robert Clarke, Ensign. 

4. John Calfe, Captain. 

William Cooper, First Lieutenant. 
Meshech Bell, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Bachelder, Ensign. 

5. Mark Wiggin, Captain. 

Ezekiel Worthen, First Lieutenant. 
Thomas Brackett, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Nathan Brown, Captain. 

Moses Barnard, First Lieutenant. 
Matthew Bryant, Second Lieutenant. 
Timothy Tilton, Ensign. 

7. John Brewster, Captain. 
Paul Nute, First Lieutenant. 
Jacob Daniels, Second Lieutenant. 
John Bergin, Ensign. 

This regiment was stationed at Newcastle. The 23d of 
November, General Ward ordered Col. Long's regiment 
to Ticonderoga, and it marched to that fortress in Febru- 
ary, 1777. 

In September, 1776, two more regiments were raised to 
reinforce the Continental Army in New- York. One was 
placed under the command of Col. Nahum Baldwin, and 



292 adjutant-general's report. 

the other was commanded hy Col. Thomas Tash. Col. 
Baldwin's roll of officers was as follows : 

Nahum Baldwin, Colonel. 
Gordon Hutchius, Lieut. Colonel. 
Dr. Barnes, Surgeon. 

Companies. 
1. Philip Putnam, Captain. 
^ Henry Field, Lieutenant. 
William Low, Ensign. 
" 2. "William Read, Captain. 

Samuel Spaulding, Lieutenant. 
Joel Lund, Ensign. 

3. Abijah Smith, Captain. 
James Crombie, Lieutenant.. 
Robert Fletcher, Ensign. 

4. John House, Captain. 

James Gould, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Hitchcox, Second Lieutenant. 
-— 5. Samuel McConnell, Captain. 
Oliver Holmes, Lieutenant. 
James Duncan, Ensign. 

6. John Houghton, Captain. 
Daniel Ashley, Lieutenant. 
Waitstill Scott, Ensign. 

7. Benjamin Emery, Captain. 
Joshua Morse, Lieutenant. 
Aaron Kinsman, Ensign. 

8. John Moody, Captain. 
Josiah Sanborn, Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Jackson, Ensign. 



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MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 293 

Col. Tash's roll of officers was as follows : 

Thomas Tash, Colonel. 
Joseph Welch,* Lieut. Colonel. 
"William Gregg,t Major. 
John Cook, Surgeon. 
Joseph Smith, Adjutant. 
Jonathan Cheslej, Quartermaster. 

Companies. 

1. ll^athan Sanborn, Capfain. 
Porter Kimball, Lieutenant. 
Thomas Gordon, Ensign. 

2. Daniel Gordon, Captain. 
Zebulon Gil man, 1st Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Norris, Ensign. 

3. Jonathan Robinson, Captain. 
David Jewell, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Weeks, 2d Lieutenant. 

4. John Calf, Captain. 
Ezekiel Belknap, Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Taj'lor, Ensign. 

5. William McDuffee, Captain. 
James Siblej, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Pinkham, Ensign. 

♦ Joseph Welch was of Plaistow, and a prominent man in the town. 
He was a zealous patriot, and was the delegate from Plaistow to the Con- 
vention at Exeter, April 21, 1775, called upon the battle of Lexington. 
He served in this campaign, and was out with his regiment, or rather a 
part of it, with his major, Ebenezer Smith, at the alarm of June 27, 1777, 
that Ticonderoga was in danger, and again at Rhode-Island in 1778. 

f William Gregg was of Londonderry, and was born there Oct. 23, 
1730. He had command of a company of minute men in 1775, organized 
in Londonderry. He was an energetic ofBcer in the present campaign. 
He was one of the committee appointed to receive this State's apportion- 
ment of money from the Government, then at Baltimore, for carrying on 
the war. In 1777, he was lieutenant colonel of Col. Nichols' regiment in 
the battle of Bennington, and acted a prominent part in that battle. At 
the close of the war he retired to his farm, where he died Sept. 16, 1815, 
aged 85 years. — Parker's Londonderry. 



294 adjutant-general's report. 

6. Smith Emerson, Captain. 
Joseph Thomas, Lieutenant. 
John Church, Ensign, 

7. Daniel Runnels, Captain. 
Samuel Haseltine, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Buswell, Ensign. 

8. "William Prescott, Captain. 
Abraham Sanborn, Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Clough, Ensign. 

In December, 1776, another regiment, under the com- 
mand of Col. David Gilraan, was raised to reenforce the 
army in New- York. The roll of oflicers was as follows: 

David Gilman, Colonel. 
Thomas Bartlett, Lieut. Colonel. 
Peter Coffin, Major. 
Joseph Barnes, Surgeon. 

Thurber, Adjutant. 

Samuel Brooks, Quartermaster. 

Companies, 

« 

1. Francis Town, Captain. 
Samuel Wright, 1st Lieutenant. 
Nehemiah Houghton, 2d Lieutenant. 

2. William Walker, Captain. 
Ebenzer Perry, 1st Lieutenant. 
Alexander Craig, 2d Lieutenant. 

3. Joshua Haywood, Captain. 
Abel Lyman, 1st Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Flood, 2d Lieutenant. 
, Ensign. 

4. Samuel Wallingford, Captain. 
James N'ute, 1st Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Ricker, 2d Lieutenant. 

5. Joseph Parsons, Captain. 
Josiah Dearborn, 1st Lieutenant. 
Joshua Weeks, 2d Lieutenant. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 295 

6. Daniel Gordon, Captain. 

Samuel Kelley, 1st Lieutenant. 
David Quimby. 2d Lieutenant. 

7. Benjamin Sias,* Captain. 
John McClary, 1st Lieutenant. 
John Kimball, 2d Lieutenant. 

8. Samuel McConnel, Captain. 
Ezekiel Worthen, 1st Lieutenant. 
James Hopkins, 2d Lieutenant. 

Thus New-Hampshire, this year, more than equaled her 
former efforts in the cause of independence, as she had a 
battalion of three hundred men posted at her fortifications, 
and nine regiments in the field — three regiments of reg- 
ulars in the Continental army, and six regiments of mi- 
litia as reenforcements to the same. 

These regiments joined Washington in Pennsylvania, 
and did good service for their country ; participated in 
the battles of Trenton and Princeton, and though suf- 
fering by the cold weather of December and January 
for want of clothing, they yet continued in the army six 
weeks beyond their time of enlistment, and the two last 
continued with the army until March, 1777, thus contrib- 
uting largely to the success of the patriot cause, and setting 
an example for the less patriotic soldiers of some of the 
other States. 

It had been found, from a year's experience, that the 
law of January, 1776, was not coercive enough in its pro- 
visions to secure the quotas from certain districts. The 
Legislature, therefore, January 18, 1777, passed an addi- 
tional act, containing more stringent provisions in this 
regard. This act provided that when there was an imme- 
diate call for soldiers, and volunteers did not appear in 

* Capt. Benjamin Sias was of Canterbury. He marched to Saratoga in 
July, 1777, with eight volunteers from that town and Loudon ; had com- 
mand of the 5th conip'kny in Col. Stickiiey's regiment, at the battle of 
Bennington, August 16, 1777, of the 2d company of Col. Nichols' regi- 
ment, in Gen. Whipple's brigade, in Rhode-Island, in 1778, and was at 
Portsmouth with a company- in 1779. He was a man of bravery and 
energy, and was ever ready for action, when fighting was to be done. 



296 adjutant-general's report. 

sufficient numbers to answer the call, that (the major-gen- 
eral having issued orders to the field officers of the several 
regiments, ordering a draft to be made to fill the quota) 
it might be lawful for them, or a majority of them, " ta 
issue warrants to the captains of the several companies 
therein, to call the same, with the alarm list, together, in 
the most convenient place," giving such notice as the 
emergency and circumstances might admit, and " to draft 
such a proportion thereof as shall be made in their respect- 
ive warrants; that any person thus drafted, unless he made 
a reasonable excuse, or paid into the hands of the proper 
officer. ten pounds, should be held as a soldier; that if any 
person, thus drafted and held as a soldier, should neglect 
to march, when ordered, unless discharged, or present by 
a substitute, should forfeit and pay twelve pounds ; and on 
default of such payment, the same might be recovered by 
complaint, made by the clerk of the company before two 
justices of the county, and such money, so paid or received, 
should be used by the selectmen of the town, in which the 
delinquents should reside, to hire a substitute. 

This law did not fill the quotas in certain instances, and 
June 26, 1779, the act w^as amended, so that the sums for 
forfeiture, instead often pounds and twelve pounds, should 
be fifty pounds and sixty pounds; from which it will ap- 
pear that the people were as adverse to enlisting, or being 
drafted, ih the olden time, as they are in these modern 
times. 

In 1776 the Continental Congress had discovered the 
error of short enlistments and temporary levies, and de- 
termined upon a permanent war establishment by the Gov- 
ernment ; and in the latter part of that year the regi- 
ments were recruited for service during the war, and the 
officers were appointed and promoted by Congress. Many 
changes were made in the New-Hampshire regiments. 
Col. Reid had become blind, and the other field officers of 
the third regiment had been promoted^ or otherwise dis- 
posed of, and December 11, 1776, Alexander Scammel, 
Andrew Coburn and John Hale were appointed as Colonel, 
Lieutenant-Colonel and Major of that regiment. Other 



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changes were made, the most material taking place in the 
following winter, when, in making appointments and pro- 
motions, Congress made Col. Enoch Poor, Brigadier-Gen- 
eral. This was superseding Col. Stark, and he resigned.* 
Upon his resignation, important changes took place in the 
ISTew-Hampshire regiments. Most of the officers remained 
in the line, however, and a large portion of the soldiers 
reinlisted. The numbers of the regiments were changed, 
however. As organized bj the State, Stark's regiment 
was the " First N. H. Kegiment," Poor's "the Second," 
and Reid's "the Third." This order was changed in the 
new organization, and while Stark's old regiment contin- 
ued " the First," Reid's became " the Second," and Poor's 
" the Third." This was done partly to allay some reraain- 

* In his difSculty with Gon. Folsom, Starlv was in the wrong. He claim- 
ed that he outranked Folsom, and refused to report to him as his com- 
manding officer. This was not so. Polsom was a captain in the "Seven 
Years' War," and fought bravely in 1755, near Lake George, being 
attached to Col. Blanchard's regiment, while at that time. Stark was only 
a lieutenant in the Rangers. Subsequently Folsom was successively 
major, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the 4th New-Hampshire Regi- 
ment of militia, and was in command of his regiment at the commence- 
ment of the Revolution ; while Stark at that time held no military office, 
and only had the title of captain, from the fact that he held such a com- 
mission in the " Seven Years' War." The 17th of May the Convention 
met at Exeter, and voted to raise two thousand men and divide them into 
three regiments. On the 20th, Enoch Poor and James Reid were appoint- 
ed colonels of two of these regiments, and Nathaniel Folsom was appointed 
major-general, to command these regiments and all troops raised in New- 
Hampshire. At a later date Stark repaired to Exeter and was ap- 
pointed colonel of his regiment, then at Medford. Folsom outranked 
Stark in every particular. But in this matter of being superseded by 
Poor, Stark was right. Poor had seen no service, and held no commission 
prior to May 20, 1775. On that day he and Reid were commissioned, 
while the third commission was left unfilled for Stark. He went to Exeter, 
and the Convention appointed him colonel of " the First New-Hampshire 
Regiment." Thus the Convention determined the matter of rank, and 
gave the precedence to Stark, But this same old feud betwixt Folsom and 
Stark gave Poor the promotion, as it had Sullivan in 1775. Folsom 
pressed his claims for this same appointment. Stark wanted it, but Congress 
gave it to Poor ; thus, as is usual in such cases, disappointing two instead 
of one. As it proved, the promotion was a happy one. Poor was a most 
excellent officer, and Stark was in a position to do excellent service at Ben- 
nington. 



298 adjutant-general's report. 

ing ili-feeling betwixt the Second and Third regiments, on 
account of their rank, but mainly because Col. Scammel 
was to be made colonel in Gen. Poor's place, — a junior 
officer in both rank and years. Lieutenant-Col. Joseph 
Cilley was made colonel of "the First," I^athau Hale 
colonel of " the Second," and Alexander Scammel, colonel 
of "the Third" regiment. The rolls of the three regi- 
ments, as thus organized in April, 1777, were as follows : 

First New-Hampshire Regiment^ April 7, 1777. 

Joseph Cilley, ISTottingham, Colonel. 
George Reid, Londonderry, Lieut. Colonel. 
Jeremiah Gil man, Plaistow, Major. 
Caleb Stark, Derryiield, Adjutant. 
^-Benjamin Kimball, Plaistow, Paymaster. 
Patrick Cogan, Durham, Quartermaster. 
John Hale, Hollis, Surgeon. 
Jonathan Poole, Hollis, Surgeon's Mate. 
Samuel Cotton, Litchfield, Chaplain. 

Companies. 

1. Isaac Farwell, Charlestown, Captain. 

James Taggart, Peterborough, First Lieutenant. 
Jeremiah Pritchard, ISTew-Ipswich, Second Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Willard, Charlestown, Ensign. 

2. Jason Wait, Alstead, Captain. 

Peleg AVilliams, Charlestown, First Lieutenant. 
William Bradford, Amherst, Second Lieutenant. 
Joseph Lawrence, Walpole, Ensign. 

3. Amos Emerson, Chester, Captain. 

Jonathan Emerson, Dunstable, First Lieutenant. 
William Lee, Lyndeborough, Second Lieutenant. . 
Simeon Merrill, Chester, Ensign. 

4. Amos Morrill, Epsom, Captain. 

Nathaniel McCauley, Litchfield, First Lieutenant. 
Barzilli How, Hillsborough, Second Lieutenant. 
David Mudget, Gilmantou, Ensign. . 



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5. Ebenezer Frye, Pembroke, Captain. 
John Moore, Pembroke, First Lieutenant. 
Asa Senter, Londonderry, Second Lieutenant. 
Joshua Thompson, Londonderry, Ensign. 

6. John House,. Hanover, Captain. 

James Gould, Cockerraouth,* First Lieutenant. 
Daniel Clap, Hanover, Second Lieutenant. 
Thomas Blake, Lebanon, Ensign. 

7. Nathaniel Hutchins, Hopkinton, Captain. 
Simon Sartel, Charlestown, First Lieutenant. 
William Hutchins, Weare, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Sweat, Kingston, Ensign. 

8. William Scott,t Peterborough, Captain. 
Moody Dustin, Litchfield, First Lieutenant. 
Josiah Munroe, Amherst, Second Lieutenant. 
Francis Chandounet, Quebec, Ensign. 

* Cockermouth is now Groton. 

f William Scott was of Scotch-Irish descent. His father, Alexander 
Scott, was one of the first settlers of Peterborough, moving into that town 
in 1742. While preparing a permanent settlement, he left his wife in 
Townsend, Ms., where William was born in May, 1743. He was con- 
nected with Goffe's regiment, in 1760, and was noted as a man of energy 
and courage. In 1775 he was a lieutenant in one of the j\Iassachusetts 
regiments, and fought with desperate courage. His leg was fractured early 
in the battle, but he»continued fighting, until, receiving other wounds, he 
fell and was taken prisoner. He was taken to Halifax upon the evacuation 
of Boston, March 17, 1776, thrown into prison, but escaped by undermin- 
ing the walls. He was in Fort Washington at the time of its surrender, 
Nov. 17, 1776, and was the only person who escaped. He swam the Hud- 
son by night, a mile in width, and thus efl'ected his escape. He was pro- 
moted to a captaincy in Col. Henrj^'s regiment, in the Massachusetts line, 
January 1, 1777; but preferring a position in the New-Hampshire line, he 
accepted a captaincy in Col. Cilley's regiment, as above. He was with the 
army under Gen. Sullivan, at Rhode-Island*, and served with it till 1781, 
when he entered the naval service on board the Dane frigate, and con- 
tinued in that service until the close of the war. He died at Litchfield, 
New-Tork, Sept. 19, 1796, aged 56 years.— iV^. H. Hist. Coll. 



300 adjutant-general's report. 

Second New-Hampshire Regiment, April 2, 177T. 

K'athan Hale,* Rindge, Colonel. 

Wiiiborn Adams, Durham, Lieut. Colonel. 

Benjamin Titeomb, Dover, Major. 

William Elliott, Exeter, Adjutant. • 

Jerry Fogg, Kensington, Paymaster. ] 

Richard Brown, Unity, Quartermaster. 

William Parker, Jun., Exeter, Surgeon. 

Peltiah Warren, Berwick, Surgeon's Mate. 

Augustus Hibbard, Claremont, Chaplain. 

Compames. 

1. James Norris, Epping, Captain. 

John Colcord, Newmarket, Fist Lieutenant. 
James Mchols, Brentwood, Second Lieutenant. 
Josiah Meloon, Sandown, Ensign. 

2. John Drew, Barrington, Captain. 

William Wallace, Northwood, First Lieutenant. 
David Oilman, Raymond, Second Lieutenant. 
William M. Bell, Newcastle, Ensign. 

3. James Carr, Somersworth, Captain. 

Samuel Cherry, Londonderry, First Lieutenant. 
Pelatiah Whittemore, New-Ipswich, S^econd Lieut. 
George Frost, Greenland, Ensign. 

4. Frederick M. Bell,t Dover, Captain. 
Thomas Hardy, Pelham, First Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Light, Exeter, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Adams, Durham, Ensign. 

* Nathan Hale was from Rindge. Upon the retreat from Ticonderoga, 
in July of this year, Col. Hale's regiment was ordered to cover the rear 
of the invalids, and fell some six or seven miles in the rear. The next 
morning, July 7, he was attacked by an advanced party of the enemy at 
Hubbardton, and suffered severely, the colonel, three captains, his adju- 
tant, and one hundred men being taken prisoners, and his major, the gal- 
lant Benjamin Titeomb, being severely wounded. 

f Frederic M. Bell, of Dover, was wounded in the battle of Stillwater, 
was removed to the hospital, but died of his wound. 



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5. Caleb Robinson, Exeter, Captain. 
Moses Dustin, Candia, First Lieutenant. 
Michael Hoit, Newtown, Second Lieutenant. 
Luke Woodbury, Salem, Ensign. 

6. "William Rowell, Epping, Captain. 
Enoch Chase, Dover, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Nute, Rochester, Second Lieutenant. 
Joshua Mirrow, Rochester, Ensign. 

7. Elijah Clayes, Fitzwilliam, Captain. 
Samuel Bradford, Amherst, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Potter, Fitzwilliam, Second Lieutenant. 
William Taggart, Hillsborough, Ensign. 

8. Samuel Blodget,* Gotfstown, Captain. 
James Crombie, Rindge, First Lieutenant. 

Noah Robinson, Exeter, Second Lieutenant. , 

David Forsyth, Chester, Ensign. 

* Samuel Blodget was born in Woburn, Ms., April 1, 172-1. He was a 
man of great energy and enterprise. He was a merchant, in Haverhill 
and Boston, of extensive business. He was in the Louisburg Expedition, in 
a regiment from Massachusetts, probably as sutler. In 1757 he was a 
sutler in the New-Hampshire regiment in the Crown Point Expedition 
of that year, and was one of the men surrendered with Fort William 
Henry ; he escaped massacre by the Indians, after the loss of his goods, and 
his clothes had been stripped from his back, by taking to the woods 
and secreting himself under a bateau upon the shore of the lake. He had 
purchased a farm in Goffstown, in 1751, and spent much of his time 
there. In 1759 he moved his family to that town. In 1771 he was ap- 
pointed a justice of the inferior court of common pleas for the county of 
Hillsborough. In 1775, he was sutler in Sullivan's brigade at "Winter 
Hill, and in 1777 captain as above. After peace he spent four years in 
Europe. In 1793 he moved upon the Merrimack on its west bank, near 
Amoskeag Falls, commenced the Blodget Canal around those falls, spent 
his large fortune upon the work, completed it under very adverse circum- 
stances, and died soon after its completion, September 1, 1807, in the 84th 
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Third Neiv-Hampshire Regiment^ April, 1777. 

Alexander Scammel,* Durham, Colonel. 
Andrew Coburn,t Marlborough, Lieut. Colonel. 
Henry Dearborn, Nottingham, Major. 
Nicholas Gilman, Exeter, Adjutant. 
"William Weeks, Jr., Greenland, Paymaster. 
James Blanchard, Dunstable, Quartermaster. 
Ivory Hovey, Berwick, Surgeon. 
Vacant, Surgeon's Mate. 
Nathaniel Porter, New-Durham, Chaplain. 

Compa7iies. 

1. Isaac Frye, Wilton, Captain. 

William Hawkins, Wilton, First Lieutenant. 
Ezekiel Goodale, Temple, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Leman, Hollis, Ensign. 

* Alexander Scammel was born in Mendon (now Milford), Ms., and 
graduated at Harvard in 1769. In 1771 he went to Portsmouth, N. H., 
and was there in the employment of the Government, surveying and ex- 
amining lands. About this time he taught school in Berwick, and became 
acquainted with the Sullivans — entering John Sullivan's ofBce at Durham 
as a student at law. In August, 1772, he was in government employment 
on board the armed sloop "Lord Chatham," bound for Boston, with, 
dispatches, plans, &c., for "the Lords of the Treasury." Being a student 
in the office of an ardent patriot, he entered warmly into the struggle for 
independence, and when his instructor, Gen. Sullivan, was appointed 
brigadier-general, in 1775, in the Continental army, he did not forget his 
pupil, but obtained for him the appointment of brigade-major. When 
the New-Hampshire regiments were reorganized, in December, 1776, Maj. 
Scammel was appointed colonel of the regiment of Col. Keid, that officer 
having resigned. Upon the promotion of Col. Poor, Col. Scammel was 
transferred to his regiment. He was appointed adjutant-general of the 
Continental army, in 1780, in which office he continued, with deserved pop- 
ularity, until his sad death. At the siege of Yorktown, September 30 of 
that year, he was officer of the day, and while reconnoitering the enemy's 
position, was surprised by a party of their horse, taken prisoner, and after- 
ward barbarously wounded by them. He died of his wound at Williams- 
burg, Va., October 6, 1781, aged about 33 years. 

I Andrew Coburn was of Marlborough, and was appointed to this reg- 
iment as Lieut. Colonel, upon its new organization. He was killed at the 
battle of Stillwater, in September of this year. 



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2. Richard Weare,* Ilarapton-Falls, Captain. 
JamesWedgewood, North-Hampton, First Lieutenant. 

' "^ Thomas Simpson, Haverhill, Second Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel Leavitt, Hampton, Ensign. 

3. "William Ellis, Keene, Captain, 

Eben Fletcher, Chesterfield, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Ellis, Keene, Second Lieutenant. 
Joseph Facy, Walpole, Ensign. 

4. Zachariah Beal, Portsmouth, Captain. 
Nathaniel Gilman, Newmarket, First Lieutenant. 
John Dennet, Portsmouth, Second Lieutenant. 
Joseph Boynton, Stratham, Ensign. 

5. Michael McClary,t Epsom, Captain. 
Andrew McGaftey, Epsom, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Hilton, Deerfield, Second Lieutenant. 
Dudley Chase, Stratham, Ensign. 

6. Daniel Livermore, Concord, Captain. 

David McGregor, Londonderry, First Lieutenant. 
Amos Colburn, Chesterfield, Second Lieutenant. 
Nathan Hoit, Moultonborough, Ensign. 

7. Benjamin Stone, Atkinson, Captain. 
Benjamin Hichcox, Campton, First Lieutenant. 
Amos Webster, Plymouth, Second Lieutenant. 
Joshua Eaton, Goltstowu, Ensign. 

8. James Gray, Epsom, Captain. 

Joseph Huntoon, Kingston, First Lieutenant. 
Adna Penniman, Moultonborough, Second Lieut. 
Jonathan Cass, Epping, Ensign. 

* Richard Weare was of Hampton-Falls, and the son of Hon. Meshech 
"Weare, the President of the Council and the Committee of Safety at this 
time. Capt. Weare was killed at Fort Ann, New- York, upon the retreat 
of our troops from Ticonderoga. 

f Michael McClary, the son of Capt. John McClary, was killed in the 
battle of Saratoga. 



304 adjutant-general's report. 

♦ 
These regiments were under the immmediate command 

of Gen. Sullivan, and had their rendezvous at Ticoudero- 

ga. There they remained until the approach of Gen. 

Burgoyne, with his array, July 6, 1777, when they retired. 

There was an alarm that Ticonderoga was in danger, in 

May, 1777, when expresses were sent into New-Hampshire, 

calling for the militia. Upon this alarm, Major-Gen. Fol- 

som. May 7, ordered out portions of the regiments in the 

western part of the State, and Col. Benjamin Bellows, 

Samuel Ashley, and Jonathan Chase, marched with their 

regiments to Ticonderoga. The alarm proved to be false, 

and the troops returned in about three weeks. The rolls 

of the officers of these detachments were as follows : 

Col. Bellows' Regiment. 
Benjamin Bellows,* Colonel. 
Amos Shepard, Adjutant. 
Thomas Stearns, Surgeon. 
John Spencer, Quartermaster. 

* Col. Benjamin Bellows was ofWalpole, and the son of Col. Benjamin 
Bellows, the founder of that town, who figured in the "Seven Years' 
War," and was born May 26, 1712, and died July 10, 1777, aged 62 years. 
|The colonel, his son, was born October 6, 1740, at Walpole, where he lived 
and died. He was highly respected' and trusted in the community, being 
in public employment the greater part of his life. He was chosen clerk of 
the town of Walpole at the early age of 19 years, and continued in the of- 
fice for thirty-six years. He filled, at an early period of life, almost every 
office, high or low, in his town and county. He was representative from 
his town, and senator and councilor from his districts He was chosen a 
member of the Continental Congress in 1781, and declined ; his business 
probably preventing his acceptance of the honorable position. He was a 
member of the Convention of February, 1788, that ratified the Federal 
Constitution. He was President of the Electoral College in this State, 
when George Washington was elected President, in 1789, and again elector 
in 1797, when John Adams was elected President. In the militia of the 
State, he rose from corporal to command his brigade, when an office in the 
militia meant something more than playing soldier. Through the entire 
Revolution, as colonel of his regiment, he was actively engaged in raising 
troops for the government. But he also took the field, and at the head of 
his regiment marched to Ticonderoga, upon the alarm of May, 1777 ; also 
again, in June of the same year, and a third time in September, and assist- 
ed in compelling the surrender of Burgoyne. Gen. Bellows died in June, 
1802, in the 62d year of his age. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1C23 TO 1861. 305 

Companies. 
1. Abel Walker, Captain, 

Bradford Spofford, Lieutenant 
Jabez Beckwith, Ensign. 
2. Christopher Webber, Captain. 
Samuel Hurd, First Lieutenant. 
A<i\os Chase, Second Lieutenant. 
Eber Lewis, Ensign. 

Col. Ashley's Regiment. 
Samuel Ashley,* Colonel. 
Timothy Ellis, Major. 
• Ephraim Stone, Adjutaiit. 

Leonard Keep, Quartermaster. 

*Col. Samuel Ashley was from ^Winchester; his father, Rev. Joseph 
Ashley, being the minister of that town. Col. Ashley was often chosen to 
represent the town, and wa.s a delegate to the Convention which met at 
Exet«r in May, 1775, and May 24, of that year, was chosen one of the 
" Committee of Safety." He was the member from Winchester of that 
Congress that met at Exeter, January 5, 1776, and " voted to take up the 
civil government for the colony," and was chosen one of the two Counsel-* 
lors for Cheshire County, by that Congress, for that year. He was ap- 
pointed the same j'ear colonel of the 13th regiment of the New-Hampshire 
Militia. Being upon the western frontier he was many times called upon 
to take the field, and was always ready, as at this present call. He went 
with a detachment of his regiment at " the second alarm at Ticonderoga," 
June 27, 1777; was in the battle of Bennington, as a volunteer, and was 
upon Gen. Stark's staff, probably as brigade-major; was at Saratoga, 
with his friend Bellows, under Gates, and assisted in compelling the sur- 
render of Burgoyne, as the following complimentary letter shows : 

Ticonderoga, Nov. 9, 1777. 
Grntletnen : I return you and the officers and soldiers under your com- 
mand, my thanks for the spirit and expedition both you and they have 
shown in marching, upon the first ahirm, upwards of one hundred miles, 
to the sujiport of this important post, when threatened with an immediate 
attack fi'om the enemy's army. I now dismiss you with the honor you 
have so well deserved. I farther certify that neither you nor anj^ under 
your command have received any pay or reward from me, for your services 
on this occasion : that, I leave to be settled by the general Congress, with 
the Convention of your State. 

"With great respect, I am, gentlemen. 

Your most obedient and humble servant, 

Horatio Gates. 
To Col. Ashley and Col. Bellows, commanding the regiments of Militia 
from the County of Cheshire, in the State of New-Hampshire. 
After the close of the war Col. Ashley moved to Claremont, and died 
there. 

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306 adjutant-general's report. 

Companies. 

1. Waitstill Scott, Captain. 

James Robertson, First Lieutenant. 
John Chamberlain, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Davis, Ensign. 

2. Davis Howlet, Captain. 
Elisha March, First Lieutenant* 
Edmund Ingalls, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Josiah Brown, Captain. 

Asa Shervvin, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Howard, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Williams, Ensign. 

' Col. Chase's Begimeiit. 

Jonathan Chase,* Colonel. 

Josiah Potter, Chaplain. 

William Denner, Adjutant. 

Dyer Spaulding, Quartermaster. 

John Stevens, Sergeant-Major. 

Solomon Chase, Captain. 

Josiah Russell, " 

Joshua Kendall, " 

Edmund Freeman, " 

David Warren, Lieutenant. 
• Seth Martin, " 

Ebenezer Lelaud, Ensign. 

Isaac Main, " 

Simeon Derr}-, " 

Nathaniel Wright, " 
These troops were discharged the 21st of June, and had 
hardly got home when other expresses arrived, that Bur- 
goyne and his army had actually arrived within a few 
miles of Ticonderoga, and was about to invest the fated 
fortress. 

* Col. Jonathan Chase was from Cornish, and took a prominent part in 
the Eevolution. He marched his regiment to Ticonderoga, upon the first 
alarm in May, as above ; again rallied his regiment, when that fortress fell 
into the hands of Burgoyne, and was in the field with his regiment at the 
surrender of Burgoyne. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. SOT 

Gen. Folsoni made a requisition upon the same officers 
for troops, and also for other detachments of militia, and 
they answered his requisition with alacrit}-. But the fort- 
ress being evacuated July 6, these troops were of no great 
use, save to swell our army upon its retreat. 

The officers of these regiments were as follows : 

Col. Bellows' Regiment. 
Benjamin Bellows, Colonel. 
Samuel Kent, Lieut. Colonel. 
William Ilayward, First Major. 
John Bellows, Second Major. 
Augustus Hibbard, Chaplain. 
Martin Ashle}-, Surgeon. 
Lemuel Sargent, Adjutant. 

Companies. 

1. Christopher Webber, Captain. 
John Jennison, First Lieutenant. 
Levi Hooper, Second Lieutenant. 
Ebeuezer Swan, Ensign. 

2. Samuel Canfield, Captain. 
William Read, First Lieutenant. 
Ivuel Royce, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Oliver Ashley, Captain. 
Samuel Ashley, First Lieutenant. 
Asa Jones, Second Lieutenant. 

4. Amos Shepard, Captain. 
Samuel Kidder, Lieutenant. 
Oliver Shepard, Ensign. 

5. L'riah Wilcox, First Lieutenant. 
Moses Thurston, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Abel Walker, Captain. 

James Farnsworth, First Lieutenant. 
Peter Page, Second Lieutenant. 
Jonathan White, Ensign. 

7. William Keys, Captain. 
Samuel Harper, Lieutenant. 

8. Samuel Nichols, Lieutenant. 
Ezra Pamerly, Lieutenant. 



>08 adjutant-general's report. 

Col. Ashley' s Bcgimeni. 

Samuel Ashley, Colonel. 
Joseph Hammond, Lieut. Colonel. 
William Humphrey, Adjutant. 
Thomas Frink, Surgeon. 
Capt. Thomas Harvey, Volunteer. 
Lieut. Elisha Whitcomb, " 
Lieut. Ebenezer Kilburn, " 
Lieut. Samuel Wright, '' 

Co7npanies. 

1. Oliver Cobleigh, Captain. 
Josiah Hardings, Ensign. 

2. Oliver Capron, Captain. 
Henry Ingalls, Lieutenant. 
Seth Alexander, Ensign. 
Rufus Whipple, Ensign. 

3. James Robinson, Lieutenant. 
Moses Smith, Lieuteuaht. 
David Kenuison, Ensign. 

4. Davis Howlet, Captain. 
Daniel Warner, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Kingsbury, Lieutenant. 
James Horton, Ensign. 

5. James Robinson, Lieutenant. 
Moses Smith, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Kennison, Ensign. 

6. John Mellen, Captain. 
Ebenezer Perry, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Twitcliell, Lieutenant. 
Oliver Wright, Lieutenant. 

7. Elisha Mack, Captain. 
Ebenezer Kilburn, Lieutenant. 
Abner Skinner, Lieutenant. 
Tinaothy Dimock, Ensign. 

8. Daniel Shattuek, Captain. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 309 

Col. Chase' s'^Hegimerit, under the command of Major Francis 

Smith. 

Francis Smith, Major-commanding. 
William Ripley, Adjutant. 
Joseph Lewis, Surgeon. 
Moses Chase, Captain, 

Edmund Freeman, " 

Moses Whipple, " 

Elisha Tieknold, " 

David Woodward, " 

Abel Stearns, " 

Abel Spaulding, Lieutenant. 
Elisha Tieknold, " 

Reuben Jerrold, '' 

Jonathan Freeman, " 

John Lyman, " 

Thomas Durkee, " 

Elijah Cady, " 

Samuel Estabrooks, Ensign. 
Thomas Baldwin, " 

But few of the militia, aside from the regiments upon 
the Connecticut river, were able to reach the neighbor- 
hood of Ticonderoga before our troops retreated. Man}- 
detachments started, but on their way met the retreating 
army, or expresses advising of the retreat ; thus — 

From Westmoreland and vicinity, a company of 63 men, 
under the command of 

John Cole, Captain ; 

Jonathan Ilolton, First Lieutenant ; 

Abial Eddy, Second Lieutenant; 

James Butterfield, Ensign ; 
marched June 28 to within five miles of Otter Creek, 
where an express from Col. Bellows informed them that 
the enemy had retired. They returned to No. 4, when 
they were overtaken by orders to march to Ticonderoga. 

* Col. Chase did not march with his regiment, but probably joined it on 
the way to Ticonderoga. 



310 adjutant-general's report. 

They obeyed and got within " three miles of Col. Mead's 
(at Otter Creek) where they met the array on their re- 
treat." 

From l^ottingham West (now Hudson) and vicinity, a 
company of 24 men, commanded by 

James Ford, Captain, 
marched as far as Dublin, where an express met them 
ordering them home. They returned the 5th of July, 
and the next day were " ordered out again, and went as 
far as ISTumber 4, where they heard of the evacuation of 
Ticonderoga, and returned." 

From Amherst and Wilton, tvi^o companies marched 
June 30, under 

Abial Abbott, Major ; 

1. Stephen Peabody,* Captain ; 
John Bradford, Lieutenant ; 

John Patterson, Ensign ; 26 men. 

2. Nathan Ballard, Captain. 

Joseph Farnham, First Lieutenant ; 

Eli Wilkins, Second Lieutenant ; 37 men, 
for Ticonderoga. Thej^ had got as far as Number 4, 
when they were ordered home ; but had got onl}' as far 
as Dublin on the return, when they were ordered to march 
"with all speed for Ticonderoga," and marched as far as 
Otter Creek, where they heard of the evacuation. 

From New-Ipswich and vicinity, a company of 44 men, 
under 

Josiah Brown, Captain ; 

Edmund Bryant, First Lieutenant ; 

Isaac Clark, Second Lieutenant; 

Hezekiah Corah, Ensign ; 

* Stephen Peabody was an active soldier in the first part of the Kevo- 
lution, and as such distinguished himself. He was the adjutant of Col. 
Poor's regiment on Winter Hill, in the summer and fall of 1775: major 
in Col. Wyman's regiment, raised in June, 1776; a volunteer as captain 
in the alarm as to Ticonderoga, in June, 1777 ; a volunteer upon the staff 
of Gen. Stark, in the battle of Bennington, June 16, 1777, and lieutenant- 
colonel commanding, in Gon. Whipple's brigade, in 1778, for the de- 
fense of Khode-Island. He died in 1779, and in him the patriot cause lost 
an able defender. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 311 

marched to Number 4, Avhere tbej' ^yere ordered home, 
and had returned as far as Eindge, July 3, but the 
next day were ordered to Tieonderoga, and on their way 
at Rutland met the " army on their retreat." 

From Dunstable, a body of men numbering seventeen, 
under 

Henry Adams, Lieutenant, 
on the alarm June 30, 1777, marched as far as Dublin, 
when they were ordered to return. 

From Merrimack a party of men, under 

Benjamin Bowers, Lieutenant, 
on the alarm of the 30th of June, 1777, marched to Wal- 
pole, when they were ordered back, and got home July 
4 ; but the next day were ordered out again, and got as 
far as Number 4, and had the news of the evacuation. 

From Hollis and adjacent towns, a company of fifty- 
eight men, under 

Daniel Emerson, Captain ; 

Robert Lever, First Lieutenant ; 

David Wallingford, Second Lieutenant ; 
upon the alarm of June, 1777, marched as far as Walpole, 
when they were ordered back, and returned home July 5. 
On the next day they were ordered out again, and 
marched to Cavendish, Vt., where they met Col. Bellows' 
regiment on the retreat. 

From Peterborough, a part}' of ten men, under 

John Taggart, Captain, 
intending to join Lt. Colonel Heald's battalion, marched 
for Tieonderoga, and were out but three days, having 
heard of the evacuation. 

From Lempster and Newport, a party of twenty-nine 
men, under 

Samuel Nichols, First Lieutenant ; 

Ezra Pamerly, Second Lieutenant ; 
marched, June 30, for Tieonderoga, but met the news of 
the evacuation, and returning were discharged July 2, 
being out four days. 



312 adjutant-general's report. 

From Chesterfield a company of thirty-five men, under 

James Robertson, First Lieutenant ; 
Moses Smith, Second Lieutenant \ 
Daniel Kennison, Ensign ; 

marched for Ticonderoga upon the alarm of June, 1777, 
met the news of the evacuation, and returned, being out 
four days. 

From Litchfield, a party of sixteen men, under 

Samuel Chase, Major ; 
Samuel Cochran, Captain ; 
Daniel McQuigg, Ensign ; 

marched to Keene and Number 4, where they learned of 
the retreat. 

From Bedford and Derryfiekl, a party of ten men, 
under 

Thomas McLaughlin, Captain, 

on the same occasion marched as far as Keene, and were 
ordered back. 

A party of eighteen men, under command of 
Oliver Dow, Lieutenant, 
marched on a like errand the 27th of June, and were dis- 
charged July 5, being in service nine days. 

From Weare and vicinity, a party of twenty men, out 
of Col. Moore's regiment, upon the alarm of June, 1777, 
marched to Number 4, under 

Samuel Philbrick, Captain, 
and returned, having heard of the evacuation. 

From "Washington and vicinity, a party of nine men, 
under 

Jonathan Brockway, Captain, 

marched upon a like errand on the 8th of July to Caven- 
dish, Vt, and then had orders to return, and did so. 

On the 13th of July there w^as a second alarm, and a 
party of fourteen men from Washington, under 

Jonathan Brockway, Captain, 
marched to Otter Creek, and met the army retreating. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 313 

From Plymouth and towns adjacent, a company of 
forty-five men, under 

David Webster, Lt. Colonel ; 
John Willoughby, Captain ; 
Joseph Shepard, Lieutenant ; 
Cutting Favour, Lieutenant; 
Edmund Shattuck, Ensign ; 

marched July 5, upon the alarm of June, 1777, to rein- 
force the fort at Ticonderoga, as far as Cavendish, Vt., 
where they met our troops on the retreat. 

From Ilenniker, a company of ten men marched July 
5, 1777, with Lt. Col. Henry Gerrish's battalion, for the 
relief of Ticonderoga, under 

Elijah Rice, Ensign. 

From Concord and towns adjacent, a company of sev- 
enty-three men, under 

Henry Gerrish, Lt. Colonel ; 
Nathan Bachelder, Major ; 
Ebenezer Webster, Captain ;. 
/Peter Kimball, Lieutenant ; 
Eichard Herbert, Lieutenant ; 
Jeremiah Hackett, Ensign ; 
Archibald Taggart, Ensign ; 

marched July 5, 1777, for the relief of Ticonderoga, and 
marched seventy-five miles, when they met the news of 
its evacuation. 

From Meredith and adjacent towns, a company of 
forty-two men, under 

Ebenezer Smith, Lt. Colonel ; 
Josiah Sanborn, Lieutenant; 
William Ray, Ensign ; 

marched on a like errand, July 7, 1777, and hearing of 
the retreat of our army returned, being out ten days.. 

From Goftstown and vicinity, a company of forty-two 
men, under 



314 adjutaxt-general's report. 

i 

Moses Kelley, Lt. Colonel ; 
John Duncan, Captain ; 
Eobert McGregor, Lieutenant; 
Thomas Hoyt, Lieutenant ; 

marched, July 1, 1777, for the relief of Ticonderoga, as 
far as Washington and Number 4, when thej were ordered 
back, being out five days. 

A company of fifty-four men, from Col. Ashley's regi- 
ment, under 

Elisha Mack, Captain ; 
Ebenezer Kilborn, First Lieutenant ; 
Abner Skinner, Second Lieutenant ; 
Timothy Dimock, Ensign ; 

marched for the relief of Ticonderoga to Black River, 
when they were ordered home, and arrived there July 3. 
On the next day were ordered again for Ticonderoga, and 
went as far as Col. Mead's, at Otter Creek, when the army 
was met retreating. 

From Lyndeborough, a party of nineteen men, from 
Capt. Peter Clark's company, under command of 
Samuel Houston, Lieutenant ; 

marched for Ticonderoga July 1, 1777, and were out 
twelve days. 

From Dunstable, a party of fifteen men, under 
Joseph French, Lieutenant, 

marched to Acworth the 6th of July, 1777, to the relief 
of Ticonderoga, but were then ordered home, and another 
party of eight men from the same town went as far as 
Temple to join Lt. French, 

From Deering and vicinitj', a party of eighteen men, 
under 

Ninian Aiken, Captain, 
marched on the first day of July, 1777, upon the same 
errand, but met the news of the evacuation and returned, 
being in the service three days. 

From Francestown, a party of seven men, under 
William Campbell, Sergeant, 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1 023 TO 1861. 315 

marched, July 7, 1777, upon the same alarm, and returned 
home, hearing of the retreat, and were out five days. 

From Loudon, eight men, under 
Benjamin Sias, Captain, 
marched, July 2, 1777, to the relief of Ticonderoga, upon 
the alarm of June 27, and met the news of the retreat, 
and returned, being in the service ten days. 

Tliese tantalizing alarms and marches tended to keep 
alive the military spirit in the people, so that, when the 
time for action came, they were ready for the call of the 
patriot chiefs. They had not to wait long, for soon Bur- 
goj'ne, flushed with success, determined to send a force 
through "the ISTew-Hampshire Grants," and subjugate 
New-England. As soon as his object became known, 
expresses were sent to alarm the adjacent States by the 
Committee of Safety of Vermont. The Legislature of 
New-Hampshire was convened, and held a session of 
three days. They divided the militia of the State into 
two brigades, and appointed Col. William Whipple, of 
Portsmouth, to command the first brigade, while they 
called Stark from his farm to command the second 
brigade,* the one nearest the enemy. One fourth of 

* John Stark was the third son of Archibald Stark, of Derrj' field— Wil- 
liam and Samuel being elder brothers. John was born at Londonderry, 
August 16, 1728, and moved with his father to that part of Derryfield now 
3Ianchester, then unincorporated, and called Harrytown. Living near 
Amoskeag Falls, his early companions were fishermen, hunters and In- 
dians. Among such men he had the reputation for hardihood, skill and 
daring that characterized him in after life. In 1752, being upon a hunt- 
ing expedition upc/n the branches of the Merrimack, he was taken pris- 
oner by the Indians and carried to St. Francis. Being redeemed, -he was 
appointed an ensign, and in 1754 was pilot to Capt. Peter Powers' expedi- 
tion to the " Coos Country." In 1755 he was attached to Rogers' com- 
pany of Rangers, in Blanchard's regiment, in the expedition against 
Crown Point, as lieutenant. In 1756 he was appointed captain of one 
of the companies of Rangers under Rogers, and continued as such through 
" The Seven Years War." In 1775, after the battle of Lexington, he 
was appointed a colonel in the Massachusetts line, and the following 
month was appointed by the Legislature of New-Hampshire to command 
the "First New-Hampshire Regiment," and in that capacity was with his 
regiment in the thickest of the fight in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 
1776 he was with Sullivan in Canada. In the battles of Trenton and 



316 adjutant-general's report, 

Stark's brigade, and one fourth of three regiments of 
Whipple's brigade were ordered to march to Charlestovvn 
forthwith, and there to wait the orders of Gen. Stark. It 
was hardly necessary to resort to a draft, so eager were all 
classes to "take to the woods" for "a Hessian hunt." 
The troops coming in to Charlestowu by detachments, 
Gen. Stark pushed on to Manchester, and took command 
of " the Green Mountain Boys," taking with him some 
four hundred or five hundred men, and leaving orders at 
his rendezvous in Charlesfcown to have the troops follow 
him as fast as they arrived. He soon determined upon 
Bennington as the most advantageous post, and moved to 
that place on the 8th of August, 1777. On the 13th of 
August fifteen hundred Hessians* and Tories, with two 
hundred Indians, came into Cambridgef under command 
of Col. Baume, a Hessian ofiicer. 

Princeton he took a conspicuous part ; but being superseded by Congress 
he resigned his commission, and retired to his farm upon the Merrimack, 
and patiently bided his time. In the summer of 1777 he nobly answered 
his country's call and won the battle that has made his name imperishable 
as his own granite hills. After the battle of Bennington he joined Gates 
with a larger force, sent on with Gen. Whipple. In 1778 and 1779 he 
served in Rhode-Island, being made a brigadier by Congress, and in 1780 
served in New-Jersey. In 1781 he had the command of the Northern 
Department. At the close of the war he returned again to the quiet of 
his farm, where he died May 8, 1822, in the 94th year of his age. Brave, 
passionate and self-willed, Gun. Stark's fitting place was the battle-field. 
He was popular only as a military man, and hence he had little success as 
a public man in civil life. 
V * The Hessians were mercenary troops in the employment of England. 

They were from Hesse, a country of Germany, in the circle of the Upper 
Ehine. They were hired out to the British king bj' the Landgrave. 
They were told by the English officers that the Americans were cannibals, 
and would eat them if taken alive. But this story did not make them 
very efiective soldiers. They were naturally clumsy, and being dressed in 
uniforms of stout, thick cloth, and loaded down with heavy accoutrements, 
they could not fight with much efl"ect in the warm days of August. Be- 
side, when thej' discovered that the Americans gave them better fare than 
they had in their own country, they did not care to fight for "four pound 
eight and seven pence per man," and deserted by scores. 

f Cambridge was a town in New-York, about fourteen milas northwest 
of Bennington. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 317 

Gen, Stark, learning of their approach, sent out Lt. Col. 
"William Gregg, with a detachment, to secure some tlour 
in the neighborhood of Carabritlge, and followed with his 
whole force the 14th of August. He soon meet Gregg's 
troops retreating before the whole force of the Germans 
and tories. Seeing Stark's force, Baume ordered a halt, 
and, entrenching himself on advantageous ground, sent 
back for reinforcements. The entrenchments of the ene- 
my were upon the bluifs on both sides of the Hoosac* 
river. Their main works being upon the north side of 
that stream, their left flank extending along the AV^aloom- 
suck, while their right flank extended on the south side of 
the Hoosac, the tory breastwork being upon the south 
side of that river. On the 16th of August Gen. Stark 
commenced the attack. Col. Nichols was sent, with his 
detachment of two hundred men, by a circuitous route to 
gain the rear of the left wing of the enemy. Col. Herrick, 
with a force of three hundred men, was sent through the 
woods to gain the rear of the enemy's centre, while Cols. 
Hobart and Stickney, with two hundred men, were sent 
to the rear of the tory breastwork, on the right wing of 
the enemy and south of the Hoosac. "While these detach- 
ments were taking their positions. Gen. Stark, with the re- 
serve, slowly marched up in front and diverted the enemy's 
attention. At precisely 3 o'clock P. AI. Col. Nichols 
opened fire upon the left wing of the enemy's line, and 
the battle became at once general along the wliole line of 
the enemy, in front and rear. Thej^ were soon forced 
from their entrenchments and driven upon Stark's reserve, 
which soon decided the contest. But the tories continued 
the fight with desperation, in their entrenchments, yet 
were soon forced to yield to men fighting in a better cause. 
When the tories yielded the contest ended, and Stark se- 
cured his prisoners and sent them from the field. The 
remainder of his troops being scattered over the field for 

*Tho Hoosac river rises in Massachusetts and Yermont, and flows into 
the Hudson. The Walloomsuck is a branch of it, having its rise in Ben- 
nington County, Vermont. The battle ground was at the junction of the 
Walooorasuck with the Hoosac river and in the Slate of New- York. 



318 adjutant-general's report. 

refreshments or plunder, and all being fatigued by hard 
fighting, the trumpets of the German reinforcement, 
under Col. Brejman, were heard in the distance, and gave 
unwelcome notice that a second battle was at hand. Very 
opportunely, Col. Warner's regiment came up at this time, 
and fresh and burning for fight, engaged Breyman's force, 
while Stark collected his scattered troops to fight a second 
battle, llis troops were soon brought into order, and 
marched to the support of Warner, and the battle raged 
until dark, the enemy fighting upon a retreat for two miles. 
They then abandoned their cannon and every thing that 
would impede their flight, and fled at all points, escaping 
under cover of darkness. One hour more of daylight and 
Breyman's force would have been captured. As it was, 
the victory was most signal, and Molly Stark did not 
" sleep a widow" that " night."* 

The force of the enemy was double that of ours, and 
consisted of regular, trained troops, while ours were almost 
exclusively raw militia. The immediate results of the vic- 
tory were four pieces of brass artillery,! eight brass bar- 

* Just before sending his detachments to flank the enemy's lines. Stark 
exhibited one of his eccentricities. He was in the habit of calling his wife 
♦' Molly," and this fact was well known to most of his troops. So, form- 
ing his troops, he thus addressed them : " There's the enemy, boys. We 
must flog them, or Molly Stark sleeps a widow this night." Of course this 
eccentric and laconic speech put " the boys" in the best of humor, and 
they made the woods resound with their shouts. Then was heard the clear 
voice of Stark, as he gave the command, " Forward ! men ; march," and 
Colonels Nichols and Herrick led their men to their positions, through the 
woods and fields. Col, Baumewas overlooking this scene through a glass, 
and hearing the noise and seeing the troopS rushing each way into the 
woods, he supposed they were running away from their leader, Mr. Stark, 
and leaving him with but a remnant of his army. True they were, but in 
obedience to their general's orders, which Baume first learned to his as- 
tonishment when Nichols' detachment aroused his attention and aston- 
ishment by a fatal "fire in his rear," and a sharp fire and fierce assault 
was made along his whole line of entrenchments. 

t These pieces were preserved as valuable trophies, and were engraved 
as follows : " Taken at Bennington, August 16, 1777." They were surren- 
dered by Hull at Detroit, and the British officers said they would have 
engraved upon them the additional line, " Retaken at Detroit, August 16, 
1812." The cannon were carried down the river to Fort George, at the 
mouth of the Niagara, by the British troops, and were re-taken by the 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 319 

relied drums, eight loads of baggage, one tbousaud stand 
of arms, seven hundred and fifty prisoners, and two hundred 
and seven killed upon the spot. The loss of the Ameri- 
cans was thirty killed and forty wounded. 

The rolls of the officers of the brigade and regiments 
from New-Hampshire were as follows : 

General Stark's Staff Boll. 

John Stark, Brigadier General. 
Samuel Ashley, Colonel.* 
Stephen Peabody, Major.* 
Mr. John ('asey,* Aid. 

Robert McGregor, Esq.,* " 

Americans. They were subsequently taken to Washington, and two of 
them have been secured by the t^tate of Vermont and placed in the capi- 
tol at Montpelier. It is to be hoped that the other two will ere long be 
removed and placed in our capitol, as mementoes of the hero of Benning- 
ton, who won the battle that has been truly called " the first link in the 
chain of successful battles that secured our independence." 

* All four of the gentlemen upon Gen. Stark's staff were volunteers. Col. 
Ashley had but just returned with his regiment from Ticonderoga, and 
Major Peabody had but just returned from the woods toward Ticonderoga, 
where he had been as captain of a company of volunteers from Amherst. 
Of Mr. Casey I am not able to gain any information. 

Robert McGregor was from Goffstown, and son of Rev. David McGreg- 
or, who was the son of Rev. James McGregor, the first minister of Lon- 
donderry. Robert McGregor was born in 1749, and died Sept. 16, 1816. 
He resided at Goffstown at the commencement of the Revolution, and was 
lieutenant in the company of volunteers from that town at the alarm as to 
Ticonderoga, in June, 1777. In the following month he was aid to Gen. 
Stark at the battle of Bennington, and continued his aid through the 
exciting campaign that closed with the surrender of Burgojme. After the 
war he returned to Goffstown aad became a successful merchant, noted for 
his anergy and public spirit. He was the originator and builder of the 
first bridge across the Merrimack in New-Hampshire, called "McGregor's 
bridge," which crossed the river at Manchester just above the Stark mills, 
and ended near Col. McGregor's house, still standing on the west bank of the 
river, and belonging, with the rest of his extensive farm, to the Amoskeag 
Manufacturing Company. He was the neighbor and friend of Judge 
Samuel Blodgett, and, after his decease, became one of the leading propri- 
etors and directors in "the Blodgett Canal," afterward known as "the 
Amoskeag Canal," one of the oldest works of the kind in the country. 



320 adjutant-general's report. « 

Colonel liobarVs Regiment. 

David Hobart,* Colonel. 
Charles Johnson, Lieutenant Colonel. 
William Haywood, Major. 
Jonathan Robbins, Adjutant. 
Davenport Phelps, Quartermaster. 
Solomon Chase, Surgeon. 
Augustine Hibbard, Chaplain. 

Comimyiies. 

1. Abel Walker, Captain. 
Barnabas Ellis, First Lieutenant. 
James McClure, Second Lieutenant. 
Seth Walker, Ensign. 

2. Christopher Webber, Captain. 
Edward Waldo, First Lieutenant. 
Uriah Wilcox, Second Lieutenant. 
Josiah Stevens, Ensign. 

* Col. David Hobart was of Plymouth, and had command at the time 
of the "12th regiment of New-Hampshire militia." He was originally 
from Hollis, and moved to Plymouth under the patronage of Samuel Cum- 
ings, Esq., of Hollis, who was a large proprietor in the township of Pl}'- 
mouth. Col. Hobart fought with great bravery in the battle of Benning- 
ton, and received due credit from his general on that occasion. He, with 
Col. Stickney, led the detachment against the tory breast-work where there 
was the most desperate fighting. The tories expected no quarter, and gave 
none — fighting to the last like tigers. They were completely surrounded 
within their fortifications, and the work of death was finished with bay- 
onets and clubbed muskets. Hobart and Stickney saw the work thoroughly 
done. Stark had ordered the men, as they passed through a field of corn, 
to put a husk of corn on each one's hat.^ This precaution was a great ben- 
efit. As the tories were dressed like themselves, in their " working clothes," 
the corn husk, under the hat-band, served to distinguish friends from foes, 
and a man without a husk in his hat was sure to be visited by a bayonet or 
the breech of a musket ! 

After the war was over, Col. Hobart, having lost his wife, married a 
widow of Haverhill, Ms., and moved to that town, where he died soon 
after. This fact accounts for the mystery that has existed as to him. Gen. 
Stark, in his report, called him Col. Hubbard, and Dr. Belknap and other 
historians have followed his error. Living and dying out of the State, 
there was little chance of correcting the error, and not until lately did any 
one know who was Col. Hubbard, that led in the attack upon the tory 
breast-work at Bennington. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 321 

3. Edmund Elliot, Captain. 
Henry Hall, First Lieutenant. 
Daniel McMurphy, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Emons, Ensign. 

4. Jeremiah Post,* Captain. 

Jabez Vauglian,t First Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Rice, Second Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Patterson,! Ensign. 

5. Joshua Hendee, Captain. 
Joseph Smith, First Lieutenant. 
Daniel Chase, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Esterbrook, Ensign. 

Col. Stickney's Begiment. 

Thomas Stickney,|| Colonel. 
Nathaniel Emerson, Lieut. Colonel. 
Bradbury Richardson, Major. 
James Head, Second Major. 
Edward Evans, Adjutant. 
William Clements, Quartermaster. 
Josiah Chase, Surgeon. 
Daniel Peterson, Surgeon's Mate. 

* Capt. Jeremiah Post was mortally wounded. 

f Lieut. Vaughan was ma'de captain, in general orders, August 27. 

J Ensign Patterson was made lieutenant, in general orders, August 27, 
and Sergeant "William Morcy was made ensign, same day, in general 
orders. 

11 Col. Thomas Stickney was a native of Bradford, Ms., and came to 
Concord with his father, Jeremiah Sticlcney, about 1731, being then a mere 
child. He became a man of position in the town ; was chosen to import- 
ant oflSces, being, in 1777, moderator, representative, and colonel of the 
" 11th regiment of militia." As colonel of his regiment of militia, he led 
the regiment of volunteers in the battle of Bennington, most nobly doing 
his duty on that battle-Held, being detached with Col. Hobart, of the 
"12th Eegiraent of New-IIampshire militia," to storm the Tory breast- 
woric. Col. Stickney died at Concord, January 26, 1809, in the 80th year 
of his age. 

21 



322 ADJUTANT-GEIirERAL'S REPORT. 

Companies. 

1. Ebenezer Webster, Captain. 
William Emery, Lieutenant. 
Robert Smith, Lieutenant. 
Andrew Bobounon, Lieutenant. 
William Pope, Ensign. 

2. Stephen Dearborn, Captain. 
Ezekiel Lane, First Lienteuant. 
John Lane, Second Lieutenant. 
Robert Wilson, Ensign. 

8. Chase Taylor, Captain. 

John Adams, First Lieutenant. 
Josiah Bean, Second Lieutenant. 
Robert Bryant, Ensign. 

4. Samuel McConnell, Captain. 
Robert Gilmore, First Lieutenant. 
John Orr, Second Lieutenant. 
Thomas Hoyt, Ensign. 

5. Benjamin Sias, Captain. 
Laban Morrill, Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Foster, Ensign. 

6. Joshua Bagley, Captain. 

Jonas Bowman, First Lieutenant. 
Timothy Farnham, Second Lieutenant. 
^7. Peter Kimball, Captain. 

Richard Herbert, Lieutenant. 
AndrewPettingill, Ensign. 

8. Peter Clark, Captain. 

Daniel Miltimore, First Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Bradford, Second Lieutenant. 
William Beard, Ensign. 

9. Jeremiah Gilman, Captain. 
Nathaniel Wentworth, Lieutenant. 
Carr Leavitt, Ensign. 

10. Nathaniel Wilson Captain. 
Samuel Ladd, Lieutenant. 
Winthrop Smart, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 323 

Colonel Nichols' Regiment. 
Moses Nichols, Colonel. 
"William Gregg, Lieutenant Colonel. 
Timothy Ellis, Major. 
Asa Brigham, Second Major. 
Robert Smith, Adjutant. 
Thaddeus Fitch, Quartermaster. 
John Young, Surgeon. 
David Harris, Surgeon's Mate. 

Companies. 

1. Daniel Runnels, Captain. 
David McClary, First Lieutenant. 
Adam Taylor, Second Lieutenant. 
John Hughes, Ensign. 

2. Samuel Wright, Captain. 
Henry Ingalls, First Lieutenant. 
John Stearns, Second Lieutenant. 
James Heaton, Ensign. 

8. James Ford, Captain. 

Benjamin Bowers, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph French, Second Lieutenant. 
David Quig, Ensign. 

4. John Goss, Captain. 

Nathan Ballard, First Lieutenant. 
David Wallingford, Second Lieutenant. 
Jacob Blodgett, Ensign. 

5. John Bradford, Captain. 
John Mills, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Farnum, Second Lieutenant. 
John Peterson, Ensign. 

6. Salmon Stone, Captain. 
Ebenezer Perry, First Lieutenant. 
John Statiley, Second Lieutenant. 
Reuben Morse, Ensign. 

7. Stephen Parker, Captain. 
Benjamin Craggin, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Cunningham, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Williams, Ensign. 



824 adjutant-general's report. 

8. Kimball Carlton, Captain. 
Amos Pierce, First Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Helton, Second Lieutenant. 
Josiah Hastings, Ensign. 

9. Elisha Mack, Captain. 

Josiah Richardson, First Lieutenant. 
Moses Field, Second Lieutenant. 
10. Jesse Wilson, Captain. 
David Gregg, Ensign. 

Attached to the rolls of Stark's men from New-Hamp- 
shire is a return of Capt. John Sloan's men, thus.: 

These twenty-five men under 
John Sloan, Captain, 
Samuel Phelps, Ensign, 
marched for Bennington, August 18, 1777, from Orford, 
Lyme and Piermont, in Coos, and were embodied with 
Col. Marsh's regiment of Vermont, and on their march 
were ordered by Gen. Lincoln to Mount Independence.* 

Many detachments of men essayed to join Stark, but 
failed to reach Bennington in season for the battle. Among 
them was that of Capt. Nathan Sanborn, of Epsom, con- 
sisting of seventy-one men rank and file. Not arriving in 
season for the battle, he joined the force of Gen. Whipple, 
and marching to Sarat ga, assisted in compelling the sur- 
render of Burgoyne. Another company was that of Col. 
Gordon Hutchins, of Concord. f 

* Gen. Lincoln, of Massachusetts, had been sent by Gen. Gates to lead 
the New-Hampshire troops to Saratoga, and he actually had taken com- 
mand of Stark's advance for that purpose. When Stark came up he 
ordered the troops to halt, and informing Gen. Lincoln of his separate 
command and special orders, refused to have his troops brigaded under 
Gen. Poor, or any other Continental officer. Gen. Lincoln then returned 
to Saratoga and reported the result. It seems that Gen. Lincoln, after 
meeting Stark, still persisted in his errand, and ordered the regiment under 
Col. Marsh to join Gen. Gates. 

I Gordon Hutchins was a citizen of Hopkinton, in 1772, and probably 
was an inn-holder, and as such, paid an excise tax in that town. Subse- 
quently he removed to Concord, and was a zealous patriot and brave offi- 
cer in the Kevolution. He commanded a company in Stark's regiment in 
the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 325 

The ultimate result of the battle of Bennington \Yas to 
give confidence to the patriots and troops to Gen. Gates. 
New-England was completely aroused, and volunteers 
from every part of New-Hampshire continued to flock 
around the standard of the Northern army. Gates no 
longer avoided a collision with Burgoyne, but rather court- 
ed it. The battles of Stillwater and Saratoga soon followed, 
in which the soldiers from New-Hampshire displayed their 
usual activit}, skill and bravery. Burgoyne sui-rendered, 
and the seat of the war was transferred to the South. 

The rolls of the officers of V/ hippie's Brigade were as 
follows : 

Gen. Whipple's Staff Boll. 

William Whipple,* Brigadier-General. 

George Gains, Brigade Major. 

Prince, negro servant of Gen. Whipple. 

Stephen Evans, Colonel. 

Thomas Bartlett, Lieut. Colonel. 

Joseph Prescott, Major. 

Thomas Peabody, Surgeon. 

Jonathan Wentworth, Adjutant. 

Robert Swainson, Quartermaster. 

John Gage, Sergeant Major. 

John Philpot, Quartermaster Sergeant. 

in Col. Nahum Baldwin's regiment, and joined the Continental army in 
New-York. He was representative from Concord in 1777, when Stark 
was appointed brigadier of the second brigade to march against Burgoyne, 
and rode all night to carry the news to Concord, and raise volunteers for 
the expedition. He raised a company, but did not arrive in season to par- 
ticipate in the battle of the 16th of August. Col. Hutcbins died Dec. 8, 
1815, aged 82 years. 

* Gen. William Whipple was born in Kittery, Me., in 1730. He was 
bred a sailor, and before he was twenty-one years of age had command of 
a vessel and became extensively engaged in the West India, European and 
African trade. He was engaged in the slave-trade, and imported negroes 
into this country. Two of his slaves were brought from Africa when 
boys, and it is said were the sons of an African prince, sent here to be ed- 
ucated, but, to his credit be it said, that with him theory and practice went 
hand in hand, and when fighting for his own independence, he gave lib- 
erty to his slaves, and even refused to assist Gen. Washington to recover 
a slave — Ona Stains, " the waiting woman" of his wife, who had left her 



326 adjutant-general's report. 

Com-panies. 

1. Zebnlon Gilman, Captain. 

Zebulon Barber, First Lieutenant. 
Jonathan N'orris, Second Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Taylor, Ensign. 

^ 2. Porter Kimball, Captain. 

Oliver Morrill, First Lieutenant. 
John McClarj, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Tuck, Ensign. 

3. James Libby, Captain. 

Joshua Roberts, First Lieutenant. 
Nathan Horn, Second Lieutenant. 
Francis Warren, Ensign. 

4. Daniel McDuifee, Captain. 
Daniel Rowell, First Lieutenant. 
Isaac Runnells, Second Lieutenant. 
David Leigbton, Ensign. 



mistress and taken refuge in Stratham. During " the Seven Years' War" 
he left the sea-faring life, and engaged in trade in Portsmouth with his 
brother, Joseph Whipple. At the commencement of the Eevolution he 
retired from business with a competency. He was a firm patriot, and in 
the spring of 1775 was chosen a Member of Congress, which met in Phil- 
adelphia in May, and was also a delegate to the Provincial Congress, the 
same year. In January, 1776, he was one of the Council, and of the Com- 
mittee of .Safety, under the new form of government adopted the 5th of 
that month, and was elected a Member of Congress, taking his seat in Febru- 
ary. During this session, he had the honor of signing the Declaration of 
Independence. The 17th of June he was chosen by the Legislature brig- 
adier-general of the first brigade of troops raised "to stop the progress of the 
enemy on our western fi-ontiors." In 1778 he was again elected a Member 
of Congress, and in August led his brigade into Khode-Island, for the de- 
fense of that State, not taking his seat in Congress until October of that 
year. After his return from Congress, at the close of this term, ill-health 
prevented him from further very active duties, and he resigned his mili- 
tary office, June 20, 1782. However, he was chosen to, and accepted, the 
office of a Judge of the Supreme Court of Judicature. His disease grew 
more acute, and in the fall of 1785 he was obliged to leave the court in 
term-time, and died of disease of the heart, November 28th, in the fifty- 
fifth year of his age. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 327 

5. Nathan Sanborn, Captain. 
Jeremiah Prescott, First Lieutenant. 
Alexander Lacey, Second Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Stannard, Ensign. 

6. George Tattle, Captain. 
Joseph Thomas, Lieutenant. 
Thomas Crummett, Ensign. 

Col. Drake's Reghnent. 

Abraham Drake,* Colonel. 
Jacob Gale, Lieut, Colonel. 
Mark Wiggin, Major. 
• Levi Dearborn, Surgeon. 

Nathaniel Bachelor, Adjutant. 
Thomas Lovett, Quartermaster, 

Comimnies. 

1. Moses Leavitt, Captain. 

James Prescott, First Lieutenant. 
Jeremiah Bachelder, Second Lieutenant. 
Redmon Moulton, Ensign. 

2. Ezra Currier, Captain. 

David Quimby, First Lieutenant. 
Aaron Young, Second Lieutenant. 
Daniel JMorse, Ensign. 
4. Nicholas Rawlins, Captain. 

William Furber, First Lieutenant. 
Harvey Moore, Second Lieutenant. 
Nehemiah Moulton, Ensign. 

* Col. Abraham Drake was of Northampton, and was born Dec. 4, 
1715. He was much in public life, both in a military, as well as civil ca- 
pacity. He was lieutenant in a company of cavalry in Maj. Tash's bat- 
talion attached to Col. Meserve's regiment, and stationed at Number Four, 
in 1757. He was at Winter-Hill in 1775, as a volunteer, in the capacity 
of lieutenant-colonel — probably of the " Six Weeks' Men," under Gen. 
Sullivan. He participated in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and 
assisted at the surrender of Burgoyne. He died suddenly in his field, of 
apoplexy, August 1, 1781, aged 66 years. 



328 adjutant-general's report. 

5. Jesse Page, Captain. 

Benjamin Hall, First Lieutenant. 
Abijah Wheeler, Second Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel Little, Ensign. 

Col. Moore's Eegiment. 

Daniel Moore,* Colonel. 
Thomas Hale, Lieut. Colonel. 
William Walker, Major. 
• Amos Gage, Second Major. 
John O'lSTeil, Adjutant. 
Samuel Moore, Quartermaster. 

Companies. 

1. Samuel Brown, Captain. 
Elijah Hill, Lieutenant. 

2. Daniel Rand, Captain. 
David Stanley, Lieutenant. 

\ 3. Peter Clark, Captain. 

Oliver Holmes, First Lieutenant. 
Thomas Caldwell, Second Lieutenant. 
Alexander Gregg, Ensign. 

4. Edmund Bryant, Captain. 
Moses Tucker, First Lieutenant. 
Isaac Clarke, Second Lieutenant. 

5. Amos Gage, Captain. 
Isaac Cochran, Lieutenant. 
Robert Nevins, Second Lieutenant. 

6. James Lewis, Captain. 
James Wilson, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Kendall, Ensign. 

* Col. Daniel Moore was the son of John Moore, who came from Ireland 
and settled in Londonderry. Daniel Moore was born in Londonderry, 
February 11, 1780, and removed to Bedford in 1751. He was upon the 
board of Selectmen in 1758, 17G6 and 1776. He was the colonel of "the 
flth Regiment of New-Hampshire Militia," and as such, led the regiment 
in this expedition, and participated in the stormy scenes prior to and at 
the surrender of Burgoyne. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 329 

7. John Duncan, Cai>tain. 
Jolm Patten, Lieutenant. 

8. Gershom Drury, Captain. 

9. Philip Putnam, Captain. 

Col. Bellows' Regiment. 

Benjamin Bellows, Colonel. 
Samuel Hunt, Lieut. Colonel. 
Samuel Ashley, Adjutant. 
Martin Ashley, Surgeon. 
Thomas Stearns, Surgeon's Mate. 
Jotham White, Quartermaster. 

Companies. 

1. William Carey, Captain. 
Peter Paige, First Lieutenant. 
Samuel Kidder, Second Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Silsbee, Ensign. 

2. Samuel Canfield, Captain. 
Archibald White, Ensign. 

3. Benjamin Flood, Captain. 
John Kilburn, Lieutenant. 

4. Oliver Ashley, Captain. 
Jesse Wilcox, Lieutenant. 

Col. Chase's Begimeyit. 

Jonathan Chase, Colonel. 
William Dana, Adjutant. 
Frederic Obrey, Surgeon. 
Jedediah Ilibbard, Sergeant Major. 

Company Officers. 
Samuel Payne, Captain. 
Edmund Freeman, " 
Moses Whipple, " 
Abel Stevens, " 

Joshua Wells, " 

John Lasel, " 



330 adjutant-general's report. 

John Wheelock,* Captai|f. 
Abel Ljipan, Lieutenaut. 
Nathaniel Hall, " 
Keuben Jerrokl, " 
Abel Spaulding, " 
Abel Wilder, " 

Johu Lymau, " 

Seth Martin, " 

Nathaniel Wright, Ensign. 

Volunteers from Plymouth. 
David Webster, Lieut. Colonel. 
Jonathan Child, Major. 
Simeon Goodman, Adjutant. 
Obadiah Noble, Chaplain. 
Joshua Howard, Captain. 
John Willoughby, Captain. 
Gershom Burbank, Lieutenant. 
Cutting Favour, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Chandler, Captain. 
Thomas Hibbard, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Darbee, Lieutenant. 
James English, Ensign. 
Robert Forsaith,t Ensign. 

* John Wheelock was the son of Dr. John Wheelock, the founder of 
Dartmouth College. He was born at Lebanon, Conn., Jan. 20, 1754, and 
graduated at Hanover, of the first class of Dartmouth College, in 177'1. In 
the spring of 1777 he was appointed a major in the service of New- York, 
but probably did not care to accept a commission under that government, 
as we find him a captain under our State government, and in active ser- 
vice. He was a lieutenant in Col. Bedel's regiment of the Continental army, 
in November, 1777. In the following year he was in command of a de- 
tachment from the "Coos Country" that marched to Albany; and after 
leading an expedition into the Indian country, with whose language he 
was acquainted, he became a member of the military family of Gen. Gates. 
He succeeded his father as President of Dartmouth College, in 1779, and 
died April 4, 1817, aged G3 years. 

f The above thirteen oificers joined Col. Chase's regiment from Plymouth 
and vicinity, as volunteers. Some of them, it will be seen, were subse- 
quently chosen as ofiicers of companies in the towns from whence they 
camo. 



MILITAKY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 331 

Most of these officers were assigned to companies as 
follows : 

Joshua Howard, Captain. 
Thorn s Hubbard, Lieutenant. 

John Willoughby, Captain. 
Gershom Burbank, First Lieutenant. 
Cutting Favour, Second Lieutenant. 
Eobert Forsaith, Ensign. 

Jonathan Child, Major. 
Jonathan Chamberlain, Captain. 
Jonathan Darbee, Lieutenant. 
James English, Ensign. 



t 



Colonel lloidton's Detachment. 
Jonathan Moulton, Colonel. 
Josiah Moulton, Adjutant. 

Companies. 

1. John Dearborn, Captain. 
Jonathan Crane, Lieutenant. 

2. William Prescott, Captain. 
Joseph Cliftbrd, Lieutenant. 

Lieutenant Colonel Welch's Hegiment. 
Joseph Welch, Lieut. Colonel. 
Ebenezer Smith, First Major. 
John Webster, Second Major. 
Joseph Smith, Adjutant. 
Benjamin Little, Quartermaster. 
Samuel Flagg, Surgeon. 
Ezekiel Belknap, Sergeant Major. 
^' Nath'l Kimball, Quartermaster Sergeant. 

Companies. 
1. Jeremiah Dow, Captain. 

David Gordon, Lieutenant. 
^ Richard Kimball, Ensign. 

* This was a companj' ♦' raised at Coos," in Haverhill and adjacent towns, 
and joined Col. Chase's, regiment. 

f This was a company from Orford and vicinity and joined this regi- 
meot. 



332 adjutant-general's report. 

2. Nathaniel Ambrose, Captain. 
John Kimball, Lieutenant. 

3. Moses Finla}', Captain. 
James Christ}^ Lieutenant. 

4. Ilezekiah Hutchins, Captain. 
David Poor, Lieutenant. 

5. Ezekiel Gile, Captain. 
Stephen Page, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Little, Second Lieutenant. 
Daniel Stevens, Ensign. 

6. Robert Collins, Captain. 
Reuben True, Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel French, Ensign. 

7. Moses Baker, Captain. 
Abraham Fitts, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Baglej^ Ensign. 

Colonel Gibnan's Detachment. 
Nicholas Gilman,* Colonel. 
Joseph Prescott, Major. 
Thomas Peabody, Surgeon. 
Companies. 

1. Porter Kimball, Captain. 
Oliver Morrill, Lieutenant. 

2. Zebu Ion Gilman, Captain. 
Jonathan Norris, First Lieutenant. 
Zebulon Barber, Second Lieutenant. 

* Col. Nicholas Gilman was the son of Nicholas Gilman, Esq., of Exeter, 
and brother of John Taylor Gilman, subsequent Governor of the State. 
He was at this time colonel of the 4th regiment of New-Hampshire Mili- 
tia, and as such was commander of this detachment from his regiment. 
At the same time, he was lieutenant of Col. John Langdon's company of 
light infantry in this expedition. In 1778 Col. Gilman was a captain in 
and adjutant of Col. Scammel's regiment of the Continental Army. Also, 
he held the same ofl3.ces in Scammel's regiment in 1779. In 1780-81, he 
was a captain in the same regiment and adjutant general in the army. In 
1787 he was a delegate to the Convention of the United States. In 1789 he 
was elected a member of Congress, and was elected as such for four terms, 
until 1799. In 1805 he was elected to the Senate of the United States and 
was continued in that office until his death, which took place May 3, 1814, 
in Philadelphia. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 333 

Colonel Langdon's Independent Company marched to 
Saratoga and joined Gen. Gates. Its roll was as follows : 

John Langdon, Captain.* 
Nicholas Gil man, Lientenant. 
James Plill, Esq., Ensign. 

* Col. John Langdon was one of the most zealous and worthy patriots / 
of the time, at work in season and out of season, with mind, hands and 
means, in the cause of liberty. He was born in Portsmouth, in 1740, and 
was the son of John, and grandson of Tobias Langdon. He served an 
apprenticeship as a merchant in the counting-room of the Hon. Daniel 
Kinge, but preferring a sea-faring life, he went out as supercargo of one of 
Einge's vessels and subsequently as master or captain. He continued in 
this business until the Revolution, and had amassed a handsome fortune 
for the time. The British cruisers stopping entirely his shipping and mer- 
cantile operations, and early espousing the patriot cause, he had inclina- 
tion, leisure and means to largely subserve the cause of independence. He 
was one of the leaders in taking Fort William and Mary, at Newcastle, in 
December 1774, was a Delegate to the general congress in 1775-6, raised 
an independent company of light infantrj^ with rank of colonel, in June 
of the latter year, was judge of the court of common pleas in 1776, speaker 
of the House of Representatives in 1776-7, in which last position, during 
a session of three days, to devise ways and means to check the haughty 
Burgoyne, he rose at his desk and made the noble, generous, apt and effec- 
tive speech of the Revolution : " Gentlemen, I have three thousand dollars 
in hard money, thirty hogsheads of Tobago rum, worth as much, I can 
pledge m\' plate for as much more ; these are at the service of the State. 
With this money we can raise and provision troops, our friend John Stark 
will lead them. If we check Burgoj'ne the State can repay me, and if we 
do not, the money will be of no use to me." Raising the funds and Stark 
on his way to Bennington, Langdon summoned his own company of in- 
fantry and followed to Bennington and Saratoga. Burgoyne defeated, he 
returned home only to labor in the good cause, and early in 1778, as agent 
of Congress, built the Raleigh frigate. In this year, also, he mounted his 
company of infantry, equipped them«as cavalry, and marched to the defense 
of Rhode-Island. In 1779 he was President of the New-Hampshire Con- 
vention, in 1780 Commissioner of the United States, and in 1783 Delegate 
to the Congress of the same. In 1784-5, he was a member of the New- 
Hampshire Senate, and in this last ysar was President of the State, elected 
as successor of Meshech Weare. In 1788 he was a member of the Conven- 
tion that formed the Constitution of the United States, was Speaker of the 
New-Hampshire House of Representatives, in June, of the same year, and 
was again elected President of the State. In November of the same year, 
he was elected tp the United States Senate, and had the honor of being 
elected the first President 'pro tern, of that body, and in 1794, he was re- 
elected for another term. In 1801 he was elected a representative to the 



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ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



Privates. 



Major James Hackett. 
Capt. Samuel Gilman. 
Capt. Eliphalet Giddiugs. 
Capt. Edward Hilton. 
Capt. Samuel Baker. 
Capt. Robert Barber. 
Capt Samuel Shackford. 
Capt. Nathaniel Giddiugs. 
Walter Bryant, Jr., Esq. 
Jeremy Bryant, Esq. 
Capt. Peter Drown. 
Lieut. Asa Folsom. 



Lieut. Bradstreet Doe. 
Isaac Adams, Esq. 
Andrew Gilman, Esq. 
Henry Sherburne, Esq. 
Samuel Storer, Esq. 
Ephraim Robinson, Esq. 
Samuel Gilman. 
Levi Folsom. 
Edward Fox. 
John Gardner. 
Thomas Hodgdon. 
Wentworth Cheswell. 



Lieutenant Colonel Gerrish's Detachment from Col. 
Stickney's Regiment. 

Henry Gerrish, Lieut. Colonel. 
Aaron Kinsman, Adjutant. 
William Clement, Quartermaster. 

Companies. 

1. Joshua Abbott, Captain. 
^/^" Reuben Kimball, Lieutenant. 

Samuel Ames, Ensign. ^ 

2. John Hale, Captain. 
John Howe, Lieutenant. 
Archibald Taggart, Ensign. 

Samuel Connor, Lieut. Colonel, 

Stephen Bartlett, Lieutenant, 

John Ayers, Ensign, 

Moody Morse, Private, 

Charles McCoy, Private, 
marched as volunteers from Pembroke to the army at 
Saratoga, Sept. 29, 1777. 

New-Hampshire Legislature and was elected for the three successive years, 
and was Speaker of the House in 1805 — when he was elected Governor of 
the State, and was reelected to that office until 1809, and again in 1810-11. 
Col. Langdon died September 18, 1819, aged 79 years. — D. P. Drown, 
Jonathan Eastman, John Farmer, and N. H. Rolls. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 335 

Twelve men joined the ISTorthern Army from Canterbury 
and Loudon under 

Benjamin Si as, Captain, 
David Morrill, Lieutenant, 

when Burgoyne and his army surrendered. One of their 
men was a negro, and deserves a particular notice.* 

About the time of the alarm at Ticonderoga, June 26, 
1777, troops were called for to defend Ehode-Island, and 
Maj. Gen. Folsom ordered forward a battalion of New- 
Hampshire troops under command of Lieut. Colonel Cen- 
ter, for that purpose. The officers of Col. Senter's battal- 
ion were thus : 

Colonel Senter's Battalion. 

Joseph Senter, Lieut. Colonel. 
Moses Shaw, Adjutant. 
Joseph Fogg, Quartermaster. 
Zuriel Waterman, Surgeon. 
Joseph Leavitt, Sergt. Major. 
Enoch Howe, Quartermaster Sergt. 

Companies. 

1. Robert Pike, Captain. 
Nathaniel Foss, Ensign. 

2. Enoch Page, Captain. 
Jacob Blaisdell, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Hoyt, Ensign. 

* Sampson Moore was a volunteer under Capt. Sias. He was a slave of 
Col. Archelaus Moore, of Canterbui-y, who promised him his freedom, for 
good fighting in the revolution. Col. Moore not only redeemed his prom- 
ise, but gave Sampson a 100 acre lot in the south west part of Canterbury, 
upon which his discendents lived for many years, and which was called 
" New Guinea." Sampson was a fine specimen of a negro, was in com- 
mand of a battalion in the early part of the present century, and is well 
recollected by people in Concord as attending Election and Muster, dressed 
in his "regimentals," and greatly enjoying his title of Major, which he 
honorably held from Governor Gilman. He married Lucy, a slave of 
"William Coffin, Esq., of Concord, giving Mr. Coffin a years work for her 
freedom. 



336 adjutant-general's report. 

3. Joseph Parsons, Captain. 
Joseph Dow, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Leavitt, Ensign. 

4. Simon Marston, Captain. 
Jeremiah Abhott, Lieutenant. 
James Martin, Ensign. 

The duty of mustering, organizing and sending into the 
field so many troops as were sent by N'ew-Hampshire in 
1777, was very arduous, and Maj. Gen. Folsom could have 
had but little respite from his military duties, and it is 
probable that Gen. ISTathaniel Peabody assisted him as 
Adjutant- General of the JSTew-Hampshire militia. Certain 
it is, that Gen. Peabody held that office the following year, 
w^hen there Avas not so much necessity for such an officer, 
as New-England was comparatively at rest, the seat of 
war, as before suggested, having been transferred to the 
Southward. 

Il^ew-Hampshire kept still her three regiments in the 
field. The rolls of officers of these regiments for the 
years 1777-8 and 9, were as follows : 

First, or Col. Cilleifs Regiment, 1777-8 and 9. 

Joseph Cilley, Colonel and Lieut. Colonel. 
Jeremiah Gilman Lieut. Colonel. 
"William Scott, Major and Captain. 
Caleb Stark,* Adjutant. 

* Caleb Stark was a son of Gen. John Stark, and was born Dec. 3, 1759. 
He followed his father to Medford, a lad of only 16, and took part in the 
battle of Bunker Hill. He continued in the army attached to Capt. Keid's 
company, and had a commission as ensign in 1776. In 1777, Feb. 10, he 
was appointed Adjutant of the 1st New-Hampshire Kegimcnt, commanded 
by his father. After his father resigned the command, in the Spring of 
1777, Adj. Stark still continued with the regiment, and won the reputa- 
tion of a gallant and brave oiEcer in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. 
In 1778, he was brigade major in his father's brigade, by appointment of 
Congress, and was aid to his father, and continued in that capacity till the 
close of the war. He afterward engaged extensively m mercantile, man- 
ufacturing and agricultural pursuits. In 1812 he moved from Boston, 
where he had been an importing merchant for some years, and purchased 
an unfinished factory in Pembroke, in the part now called Suncook, and 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 



33T 



\<|^Benjamin Kimball, Paymaster. 
Patrick Cogan, Quartermaster. 
John Hale, Surgeon. 
Jonathan Poole, Surgeon's Mate. 
Amos Morrill, Captain. 
Jason Wait, " 

Amos Emerson, " 

Ebenezer Frye, " 

Isaac Farwell, " 

Nathaniel Hutchins, " 
Simon Sartwell, Captain and Lieutenant. 
John House, Captain. 
Moody Dustin, Captain and Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel McCaule}^, Lieutenant. *- " 
Jeremiah Pritchard, " 
Josiah Munsal, " 

Daniel Clapp, " 

Asa Senter, " 

Bezaleel Howe, " 

Simon Merrill, Lieutenant and Ensign. 
Jonathan Willard, Lieutenant and Ensign. 
Joshua Thompson, Lieut., Ensign and Paymaster. 
Joseph Lawrence, Ensign. 
Thomas Blake, Lieut., Ensign and Paymaster. 
William Hutchins, Lieutenant. 
William Bradford, " 
• James Taggart, " 

Jona. Perkins, Sergeant and Ensign. 
Joseph Mills, Ensign. 
Hobert Carter, Sergeant and Ensign. 
Samuel Thompson, Ensign and Sergeant. 
William Lee, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Emerson, " 

furnishing it with machinery, opfrated it as a cotton mill until 1830. At 
the same time he cultivated his fine farm in Dunharton with skill and 
perseverance. While attending; to an extensive estate in Ohio, granted for 
military services, Maj. Stark died in Oxford, August 26, 1838, in the 79th 
year of his age. 

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338 adjutant-general's report. 

John Moore, Lieutenant. 
Parley Williams, " 
James Gould, " 

The Second, or Col ReicVs Regiment, for 1777-78-79. 
George Reid, Colonel.* 
IS'athan Hale, Colonel. 
George Reid, Major and Lieut. Colonel. 
. "Winborn Adams, Major and Lieut. Colonel. 
Benjamin Whitcomb, Captain and Major. 
Benjamin Titcomb, Captain and Major. 
Jer. Fogg, Paymaster, Capt. and Aid-de-camp. 
William Parker, Surgeon. 
Robert R. Henry, " 
William Wood, Surgeon's Mate. 
Richard Brown, Quartermaster. 
Daniel Gookin, Sergt. Major and Ensign. 
Jonathan Downing, Sergt. Major. 
Theophilus Colby, Quartermaster Sergeant. 
George Aldrich, Captain. 
James Carr, " 

Frederic M. Bell, " 

John Drew, " 

Caleb Robinson, " 

Elijah Clayes, " 

*Co]. George Keid was of Londonderry, the son of James Keid, and 
was born in 1733. He was captain of a company of minute men in 1775, 
and marched with his company to Medford, upon the news from Lexing- 
ton, and joined Gen. Stark's regiment. He took an honorable part in the 
battle of Banker Hill, continued with the army, and January 1, 1776, was 
commissioned as captain in the Continental army. In the Spring of 1777, 
upon the reorganization of the New-Hampshire Kegiments, in conse- 
quence of Poor's promotion and Stark's resignation, he was made Lieuten- 
ant Colonel of the " 2d New-Hampshire Kegiment," Nathan Hale, Colonel, 
and in the summer following, when Col. Hale was taken prisoner at Hub- 
bardton, he succeeded him in command of the regiment, and continued 
its colonel till 1781. He was brigadier-general in the New-Hampshire 
Militia, in 1785, and as such, in 1786, led a portion of his command, by 
order of President Sullivan, against the rebels in arms against the Legis- 
lature, in session at Exeter. In 1791 Gen. Reid was appointed high-sher- 
ilF of the county of Kockingham. He died in September, 1815, being 82 
years of age. — Parker's History of Londonderry. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 339 

William Rowell, Lieutenant and Captain. 
Enoch Chase, " " 

Moses Dastin, " " 

Thomas Lj'ford, Lieutenant. 
Jonas Butterfield, *' 
ISTathan Taylor, " 

Joseph Potter, " i 

Samuel Bradford, '' 

Thomas Hard}^ " 

Ebenezer Light, " 

Samuel Cherry, " 

Peletiah Whittemore, " 
Koah Robinson, " 

Michael Hoyt, " 

David Gilman, " 

William M. Bell, Ensign and Lieutenant. 
Samuel Adams, " " 

Luke Woodbury, " " 

' Geo. P. Frost, " " 

William Taggart, " " 

Joshua JVIerrow, Ensign. 
David Forsyth, " 

Caleb Blodgett, Private, Sergeant and Ensign. 
George Burnham, Sergeant and Ensign. 
William Twombly, " " ' 

Thomas Chellis, " " 

M, or Col. Scammel's Regiment for 1777-78-79. 

Alexander Scammel, Colonel. 

Enoch Poor,* Colonel and Brig. General. \ 

* Gen. Enoch Poor was from Exeter, where he had been a successful 
shipbuilder. He was the son of Thomas Poof, of Andover, Ms. At the 
commencement of the Revolution he had a vessel upon the stocks, a large 
number of men in his employment, and was a man of sound judgment, and 
popular ; hence his appointment, as he could readily raise a regiment, and 
could command one when raised. His mechanical skill kept him from 
participating in the battle of Bunker Hill, as he and a portion of his men 
were employed in building (ire-rafts at Exeter, for use in case the British 
fleet should attempt to burn Portsmouth. He was at Winter Hill until the 
evacuation of- Boston by the British. He went to Canada with Sullivan, 



340 adjutant-general's report. 

Henry Dearborn, Major and Lieut. Colonel. 

Andrew Colburn, Lieut. Colonel. 

James Norris, Captain and Major. 

Kicholas Gilman, Adjutant and Captain. 

Israel Evans, Chaplain. 

Jacob Hall, Surgeon. 

Ivory Hovey, " 

Francis Wainwrigbt, Surgeon's Mate. 

Isaac Smith, " " 

Edmund Chadvvick, " " 

Jos. Blancbard, Qr. M., Lieut, and Paymaster. 

Dudley L. Chase, Ensign and Quartermaster. 

William Weeks, Paymaster. 

Benjamin Stone, Captain. 

Zachariah Beale, " 

Michael McClary, " 

Daniel Livermore, " 

Richard Weare, " 

Isaac Frye, " 

and was made a brigadier by Congress, in 1777, which fact caused ttie re- 
signation of Col Stark. In the fall of that year he fought his brigade in 
those battles that caused the downfall of Burgoyne. In 1779 he had the 
honor of being detached by Gen. Washington, under Sullivan, to join the 
expedition against the Indians of the Genesee country, and fought and 
gained the battle of Newton, that broke the power of those haughty tribes. 
In 1780, at the request of Gen. LaFayette, Gen. Poor was appointed to 
command the brigade of light infantry in his command, and it is no small 
tribute to his memory, and that of another gallant soldier and friend, that 
the Marquis, when last in this country, at a public entertainment given in 
his honor, should have proposed as his sentiment on the occasion : " The 
memories of Light Infantry Poor and Yorktown Scammel." His last com- 
mand was under LaFayette, for, being in Hackensack, New- Jersey, he 
died, September 8, 1781, in the forty-third year of his age. It was report- 
ed that he died of an attack of bilious fever, but this was not true. He 
was killed in a duel with a French officer, and the falsehood as to the 
cause of his death was promulgated as a matter of public policy. Gen. 
Poor was so beloved by his troops, and so popular with the army 
generally, that it was thought if the cause of his death were known, a 
fearful collision might be the consequence betwixt the American and 
French troops. The truth as to his death was not promulgated until after 
LaFayette's last visit to America, and is not now generally known. A 
handsome monument has been erected to his memory at Hackensack, by 
citizens, admirers of his character as a man and a soldier. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861, 341 

James Gra3% Captain. 

William Ellis, " 

William Scott, " 

Daniel McGregor, Lieutenant and Captain. 

William A. Hawkins, " 

Adna Pennymau, Lieutenant. 

John Dennet, " 

Amos Colburn, " 

Thomas Simpson, " 

Joseph Hilton, " 

Amos Webster, " 

Ezekiel Goodale, *' 

Joseph Thomas, " 

Andrew McGaffej^, " 

Benjamin Ellis, " 

John Nesmith, " 

Nathaniel Gilman, " 

Jonathan Cass, Ensign and Lieutenant. 

Joseph Boyuton, " " 

mthan Hoit, " " 

Nathaniel Leavitt, " " 

John Eaton, Ensign. 

Samuel Leiman, " 

Joseph Facey, " 

Archibald Stark,t " 

• 
Li the summer of 1778, a French fleet was sent upon 

our coast to operate against the British, then in possession 

of Rhode-Island. While the French Admiral was to 

operate against them sea-ward, General Sullivan* was to 

•)• Archibald Stark, the youngest brother of Gen. John Stark. After the 
war he settled as a farmer in Dunbarton. 

*Gen. John Sullivan was the son of John Sullivan (or O'Sullivan, as 
the name was formerly written) and was born in Dover, in 1741, in that 
part of it now Somersworth, where his father lived at the time, and was 
engaged in teaching school. He took the sole charge of the education 
of his children, and lived to see them in honorable positions in life, one 
the President of New-Hampshire, and the other the Governor of Massa- 
chusetts. John commenced the practice of law at Durham, his place of 
residence until his death. He was major of the 2d regiment of New- 



342 adjutant-general's report. 

attack them on the land. Xew-IIampshire furnished 
a brigade of troops for the occasion, under command of 
Gen. Whipple. The rolls of the officers of his brigade 
were as follows : 

Hampshire Militia in 1772, and in 1774 assisted Pickering, Langdon, and 
others, in taking Fort TVilliam and Mary, at the mouth of Piscataqua 
harbor, for which act he was dismissed from his office of major by Gov. 
Wentworth. He at that time had command of a volunteer company at 
Durham, that met regularly for drill, anticipating the difficulties that soon 
followed. In this year he was a delegate to the General Congress. In 
1775 he was again a delegate to Congress, and on the 22d of June was 
appointed by that body a brigadier general in the army of the Eevolution. 
He commanded the troops stationed upon Winter Hill, and when the Con- 
necticut troops determined to leave, his popularity and energy in a great 
measure filled their places with thirty-one full companies of patriot volun- 
teers from New-Hampshire. July 29, 1776, he was appointed by Congress 
a major general. August 26, the same year, he was taken prisoner on 
Long Island, was exchanged in October, and forthwith sent to Canada, 
where he took command of the army after the death of Gen. Thomas. 
In 1777 he distinguished himself at the battle of Brandywine and Ger- 
mantown. In August, he commanded the American Army in Ehode- 
Island, and after the French admiral failed to cooperate with him in 
attacking the British, he was forced to retreat, which he did without loss, 
and was approved by Congress. ' The next year, he was appointed to the 
command of the expedition into the Indian countries, and accomplished 
the object of the expedition, which was to chastize the enemy and lay 
waste their country. This he did effectually. For this general destruction 
of their crops, orchards, and the like, for his manner of conducting the 
campaign in other particulars, — such as the discharge of cannon when 
encamped, huzzaing, &c., he received much abuse from his enemies, both 
in and out of Congress. But he only followed the written instructfons 
of "Washington in these particulars. Gen. Sullivan considered himself 
injured and resigned his commission. It is much to his credit that his 
love for Washington was so great that he never hinted that he only follow- 
ed the orders of that General in the particulars for which he was mainly 
abused, as being vandal and unmilitory. New-Hampshire, and the coun- 
try at large, still honored him. In 1780 he was appointed agent to settle 
the bounds betwixt this State and New-York, and a delegate to Congress, 
and was again a member of Congress in 1781. In 1782 he was appointed 
by the Legislature to command the troops being raised to march to Ver- 
mont, and in June of that year was appointed attorney-general of the 
State. Upon the adoption of the new Constitution by this State, he was 
reappointed attorney-general, Dec. 25, 1784, and major general of the mili- 
tia. In 1786 and 1787 he was chosen president of the State. In 1788 he 
was speaker of the House of Representatives in New-Hampshire, and 
president of the Convention that ratified the Constitution of the United 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 343 

Gen. Whipple's Staff-Roll 
William Whipple, Brigadier General. 

Nathaniel Peabody, Adjutant 1 ^ ^ , 

^ * as Co on el 
General of the N. H. Militia, J ^^ '-oiouei. 

John Samuel Sherburne,f Brigade Major. 

States. In 1789 he was elector of President, and in March of the same 
year was elected President of the State for the third time. In September, 
1789, he was appointed judge of the district court of New-Hampshire by 
Gen. Washington, which olfice he held until his death, which took place 
Jan. 23, 1795, at the age of 54years. — N. U. Spy. — Washington's Orders. — 
John Farmer. 

* Nathaniel Peabody was the son of Dr. Jacob Peabody, and was born 
at Topsfield, Ms., March 1, 1741. His mother was Susanna, daughter of 
the Rev. John Eogers, of Boxford, Ms. Nathaniel moved to Plaistow, 
this State, when about twenty years old, and entered upon the practice of 
medicine. He soon entered upon public life. At the age of thirty he was 
a justice of the court of sessions. Oct. 27, 1774, he was appointed lieu- 
tenant colonel commanding the 7th Regiment New-Hampshire Militia, 
and in December following was one of the leaders in the party that, head- 
ed by Capt. Thomas Pickering, took Fort William and Mary, for which 
oflFense he was turned out of office by Gov. Wentworth. He was for 
many years a representative from the district of Atkinson and Plaistow, 
and Jan. 10, 1776, was elected one of the Committee of Safety, and July 
19, 1777, appointed adjutant general of the State. Some months after, he 
was appointed, jointly with Gen. Blanchard, of Dunstable, to perform the 
duties of attornej' general. March 25, 1779, he was elected a delegate to 
the Continental Congress. In 1780 he was upon a Congnissional Commit- 
tee to visit " Head Quarters," and correct abuses in the army. The 14th 
of December, 1784, he was appointed a justice of the court of common 
pleas, and the year following, June 21, a delegate to Congress. The for- 
mer office he did not accept, and he did not act as a delegate. March 25, 
1785, he was appointed brigadier-general of the Light Horse; in 1790-91, 
was a senator from the county of Rockingham, and one of a committee to 
revise the laws of the State. In 1793, he was speaker of the House of 
Representatives, and March 27, of the same year, was appointed major 
general of the 1st division of New-Hampshire Militia. He died June 27, 
1823, in the 83d year of his age. 

•)• John Samuel Sherburne was of Portsmouth, and a descendant of Henry 
Sherburne, who came to Piscataqua in 1631, in the employment of Capt. 
John Mason, the original proprietor of the Province. He lost a leg in 
this campaign, on the 29th of August, as appears by the following entry 
in the "Invalid Account" of New-Hampshire against the United States: 

" Sept. 19, 1783. Paid Maj. John Samuel Sherburne, lost one 
leg the 29th August, 1778, for his half pay from October 11, 
1778, to Jan. 1, 1782, is 38 months, 19 days, at £7 10s. £289 15s. Oc^." 

He was subsequently a member of congress, and judge of the United 
States Court for the District of New-Hampshire. 



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344 adjutant-general's report. 

Nathaniel Garfield, Brigade Quartermaster. 
Prince Whipple,* Serv't (negro) to Gen. Whipple. 

Volunteers. 
Stephen Evans, Colonel. 
Jonathan Wentvvorth, Brig. Major. 
Zebulon Edgerly, Quartermaster. 
Daniel Moore, Captain. 

Col. Nichols' Regiment. 
Moses Nichols, Colonel. f 
Nath'l Emerson, Lt. Colonel. 
John Webster, Major. 
John Bradford, Adjutant. 
Daniel Warner, Quartermaster. 
Levi Dearborn, Surgeon. 
Benjamin Rowe, Surgeon's Mate. 

* Prince Whipple was a slave of Gen. Whipple, but had his freedom 
from his master on condition of his good fighting. Tradition has it, that 
Prince and Cuffee Whipple were the sons of an African prince, brought 
over to Portsmouth to be educated, and were made slaves at the age of ten 
years. It is probably in part true, as they were undoubtedly brought to 
Portsmouth by Capt. Wm. Whipple, well known to have been engaged 
in the slave-trade. Prince always attended his master on his travels, as a 
body servant, being " a large, well-proportioned, and fine looking man, of 
gentlemanly manners and deportment." Upon starting to Saratoga, as 
general. Prince was ordered to get the horses ready for the march. He 
was dilatory, and Gen. Whipple upbraiding him, he replied thus: "Mas- 
ter, you are going to fight for your liberty, but I have none to fight for." 
"Prince," said the general, "behave like a man, and do your duty, and 
from this hour you shall be free." Prince did his duty, accompanied his 
master in his expedition, and was a freeman. — Brewster s Rambles about 
Portsmouth. 

■}• Col. Moses Nichols was a physician of good practice in Amherst. He 
was appointed Colonel of the 5th regiment of New-Hampshire Militia, 
6th December, 1776, to take the place of Col. Lutwytche, a tory. When 
Burgoyne's troops threatened " the New-Hampshire Grants," and the 
Legislature of New-Hampshire voted to raise troops to repel the invad- 
ers, Maj. Gen. Polsom ordered Col. Nichols to march to Charlestown 
with a portion of his regiment, to act under Gen. Stark. He obeyed 
orders with alacrity, and participated in the battle of Bennington, having 
the honor to commence that battle by an attack upon the enemy's works. 
Col. Nichols, in 1778, led his regiment in the compaign in Khode-Island, 
under Gen. Sullivan, and was a member of the Convention the same year 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 345 

Companies. 

1. Daniel Emerson, Captain. 
Caleb Farley, Lieutenant. 
William Brooks, Ensign. 

2. Benjamin Sias, Captain. 
Jonathan Heath, Lieutenant. 
Nathaniel Head, Ensign, 

3. Ebenezer Webster,* Captain. 
Jeremiah Abbot, Lieutenant. 
Enoch Gerrish, Ensign. 

4. Peter Cross, Captain. 
Thomas Thom, Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Perry, Ensign. 

from Amherst, to form a new Constitution, as also a representative from 
that town in 1781 and 1782. After the war of the Revolution, he was 
promoted to brigadier-general of the 4th Brigade New-Hampshire Militia. 
He was also register of deeds for the county of Hillsborough, from 1776, 
until his death, which took place the 23d of May, 1790, at the age of 50 
years. 

* Ebenezer Webster was born in Kingston, in 1740. He was the son of 
Ebenezer Webster, who married a daughter of the Rev. Stephen Bachel- 
der, of Hampton. His father was not in prosperous circumstances, and 
the son lived for a time in the family of Col. Ebenezer Stevens, who per- 
suaded him to settle in Stevenstown (now Salisbury and a part of Frank- 
lin) a town in which Col. Stevens was a leading grantee, and from whom it 
took its name. Here young Webster was greatly prospered. He served 
in "the Seven Years' War," in the campaign of 1758, as a private, in 
Capt. Trueworthy Ladd's company. Col. Hart's regiment ; and as ser- 
geant in Capt. Philip Johnson's company. Col. Goffe's regiment, in 1760. 

In the War of the Revolution he commanded the 1st company in Col. 
Thomas Stickney's regiment, Stark's brigade, and was in the battle of 
Bennington, and the other hard fought battles that crippled Burgoyne 
and forced his surrender. He commanded the 3d company in Col. Nich- 
ols' regiment, Whipple's brigade, in the campaign in Rhode-Island, 1778; 
in 1780 was captain of the 4th company in Col. Nichols' regiment, raised 
for the defense of West Point, and in 1782 had the command of a com- 
pany of Rangers for the protection of our Western frontier bordering 
on the upper Connecticut river. He was a State Senator in 1785-6-7-8-9, 
and in 1790-91. In 1791 he was appointed a judge of the court of com- 
mon pleas for the county of Hillsborough, which ofHce he held at 
the time of his death, which occurred in 1806, at the age of 67 years. 
He was the father of the distinguished lawyer, orator and statesman, 
Daniel Webster. 



346 adjutant-general's report. 

5. Josiab Crosby, Captain. 
Hezekiah Lovejoy, Lieutenant. 

6. Moses Leavitt, Captain. 
Joseph Cliiforcl, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Garland, Ensign. 

7. Joseph Dearborn, Captain. 
Benjamin Cass, Lieutenant. 
Jacob Wortben, Ensign. 

8. Joseph Parsons, Captain. 
Henry Butler, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Page, Ensign. 

9. Benjamin Mann, Captain. 
Nathaniel Ballard, Lieutenant. 
Jonathan Burton, Ensign. 

Col. Kelh/s Regiment. 
Moses Kelly,* Colonel. 
ISToah Wiggin, Lt. Colonel. 
Samuel Chase, Major. 
Jonathan Blake, Surgeon. 
Benjamin Clement, Surgeon's Mate. 
Robert McGregor, Adjutant. 
Samuel Herrick, Quartermaster. 
Adam Johnson, Quartermaster Sergeant. 

Companies. 

1. John Folsom, Captain. 
Daniel Jewell, Lieutenant. 

2. Jonas Bowman, Lieutenant. 
William Pope, Ensign. 

3. Joshua Bayley, Captain. 
Thomas Rowell, Lieutenant. 

*Col. Moses Kelly was of Goffstown, and in command of the 9th New- 
Hampshire regiment of militia, and as such had the command of the reg- 
iment on this occasion. He owned mills in Goifstown at the place now 
known as "Kelly's Falls," upon the Piscataquog river. He was a zeal- 
ous patriot, and keeping a public house upon " the Mast Eoad," many of 
the forays against the tories of that neighborhood were concocted at " Col. 
Kelly's." 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 347 

4. Aaron Quimby, Captain. 
Itharaar Eaton, Ensign! 

5. William Boyes, Captain. 
IsTinian Aiken, Lieutenant. 

6. William Lee, Captain. 
l!s"athan Burn bam. Lieutenant. 

7. James Aiken, Captain. 
Samuel Boyd, Lieutenant. 
Pbilip Ferrin, Ensign. 

Col. Gale's Regiment. 
Jacob Gale,* Colonel. 
Josiah Fogg, Lieut. ColoneL 
John Calf, Major. 
Philip Tilton, Adjutant. 
Thomas Page, Quartermaster. 
Samuel Flagg, Surgeon. 
James Bracket, " 
John Bond, Surgeon's Mate. 

Companies. 

1. David Quimby, Captain. 
Richard Ilobart, Lieutenant. 

2. Benjamin Whittier, Captain. 
Eobert Stewart, Ensign. 

3. Nathan Brown, Captain. 
Sargent Iluse, Lieutenant. 

Simon Dearborn, Ensign. ' 

4. James Gilmore, Captain. 
Joseph Gregg, Lieutenant. 
William Dickey, Ensign. 

5. Jesse Page, Captain. 
Moses Little, Lieutenant. 

* Col. Jacob Gale was from Kingston. He was Major in Col. Drake's 
regiment, in 1777, and was at the surrender of Burgoyne. At this time he 
was in command of " the 5th regiment New-Hampsliire Militia" — a suc- 
cessor of Josiah Bartlett. As such he led the regiment on this occasion. 



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Col. Hale's Regiment. 
Enoch Hale,* Colonel. 
Joseph Parker, Major. 
Isaac Howe, Adjutant. 
John Mellen, Quartermaster. 
Jonas Prescott, Surgeon. 
Simeon Gould, Sergeant Major. 

Companies. 

1. Robert Fletcher, Captain. 
Moses Tucker, Lieutenant. 
Benjamin Williams, Ensign. 

2. Samuel Twitchel, Captain. 
William Turner, Lieutenant. 
John Stanley, Ensign. 

3. Samuel Cunningham, Captain. 
Samuel Tarbell, Lieutenant. 
Ezekiel Rand, Ensign. 

4. James Lewis, Captain. 
John Anger, Lieutenant. 

* Col. Enoch Hale was from Eindge. He was in the " Seven Years' 
War" as a private in Capt. Bayley's company, Meserve's regiment, in, 
1757 ; and in Capt. Hazen's companj-, Hart's regiment, in 1758. He was 
at this time colonel of the 14ih regiment of New-Hampshire Militia, and 
as such had command of this detachment from his regiment. He was 
counsellor for Cheshire County in 1780, and high sheriff for that county 
in 1781, and as such was imprisoned hy the authorities of Vermont at 
Chaijlestown, that State claiming at that time jurisdiction over certain 
towns on the east side of the Connecticut. The officers of Vermont had 
imprisoned two persons belonging to New-Hampshire, and the Committee 
of Safety ordered Col. Hale, the high sheriff of Cheshire county, to 
release the prisoners. In executing the order Col. Hale was imprisoned 
himself, December 6, 1781. The Committee ordered Gen. Nichols, of 
Amherst, and Gen. Bellows, of Walpole, to march with the forces under 
their command and release Col. Hale; and ordered Francis Blood, Esq., 
of Temple, to furnish provisions for the troops. Vermont ordered out 
her militia to oppose force to force, but at the same time sent a committee 
to Exeter to negotiate as to the matter. One of this committee was the 
Vermont sheriff who had committed Col. Hale, and he was arrested and 
thrown into prison as a hostage for the release of Col. Hale. At this 
time Congress interfered, better counsels prevailed, and Col. Hale was 
released, as well as the Vermont sheriff, without the collision anticipated 
betwixt the military forces. 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 349 

Col. Wingate''s Begimeni. 
Joshua W^ngate,* Colonel. 
Walter Bryant, Adjutant. 
Jonathan Chesley, Quartermaster. 
Joseph Williams, Surgeon. 

Companies. 

1. Edward Hilton, Captain. 
Joseph Demerit, Lieutenant. 

2. Moses Yeaton, Captain. 
James Garven, Lieutenant. 

3. John Hill, Captain. 
Ebenezer Bicker, Lieutenant. 

Col. Peahody's Regiment. 
Stephen Peabody, Lieut. Colonel. 
Silvanus Reed, Adjutant. 
James Taylor, Quartermaster. 
John Young, Surgeon. 

Comyanies. 

1. Simon Marston, Captain. 
John Simpson, Lieutenant. 

2. Ezekiel Worthen,t Captain. 
Dudley Prescott, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Daniel Reynolds, Captain. 
Bracket Towle, First Lieutenant. 
Jacob Elliot, Second Lieutenant. 

* Joshua Win gate was of Strath am. He was a lieutenant in Captain 
Gerrish's company, in Col. Gilman's regiment of reinforcements, in 1755, 
as named in note on page 150. July 4, 1776, he was appointed Colonel of 
the second regiment, raised for the expedition against Canada — Col. 
Bedel being colonel of the first regiment — and in 1778 he led his regiment 
in the present campaign. 

f Ezekiel Worthen was an Ensign in the Louisburg expedition, and a 
captain in Meserve's regiment in the Crown Point expedition of 175G. He 
was the engineer under whose direction the fortifications were repaired 
and built in the Piscataqua Harbor, in 1775 and 1776, and was captain as 
above, and again captain and paymaster in Col. Mooney's regiment for 
the defense of Rhode-Island, in 1779. Capt. Worthen was of Kensington 
— a firm patriot and an estimable citizen. 



350 adjutant-general's report. 

4. Peter Drown, Captain. 

Stephen J. Thomas, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Randall, Second Lieutenant. 

5. Samuel Dearborn, Captain. 
Robert McMurphy, First Lieutenant. 
Joseph Wheaton, Second Lieutenant. 

6. Ezekiel Gile, Captain. 
Jonathan Leavitt, First Lieutenant. 
William Richardson, Second Lieutenant. 

The following officers volunteered and did duty in Rhode- 
Island, by Gen. Sullivan's order, in August, 1778. 

Stephen Evans,* Colonel. 
Jonathan Wentworth,* Lieut. Colonel. 
Zebu Ion Edgerly,* Quartermaster. 
Daniel Moore,* Captain. 

A company of Light Horse volunteered for the occasion, 
from Portsmouth, under 

John Langdon,t Captain. 
James IIackett,| Lieutenant. 

* Col. Stephen Evans was from Dover, and had command of the 
" Second New-Hampshire Kegiment" for many years. He was attached 
to Gen. Whipple's brigade with his regiment, in the fall of 1777, in the 
battles of Stillwater and Saratoga. On this occasion he was a volunteer 
merely, with his Lieutenant Colonel, Jonathan Wentworth, of Dover, his 
Quartermaster, Zebulon Edgerly, also of Dover, probably, and Capt. 
Daniel Moore, of Stratham. They had no special commands, but Gen. 
Sullivan attached them to his Staif and they took part in the stirring events 
of the cajiipaign. 

I Col. Langdon's companj' was one of light infantry, composed of the 
leading citizens of Portsmouth. He armed them for this occasion sjs cav- 
alry, at his own expense, and marched to Rhode-Island in two days, a com- 
pany of forty -six men, rank and file. 

J Col. James Hackett was a noted ship-builder of Portsmouth. He was 
appointed Lieut. (Jolonel of Col. Wingate's regiment, July 4, 1776, but his 
services being more needed by the government in getting up their little 
navy, he was constrained to decline the appointment. He fitted up the 
" McClary," for thegovernment of New-Hampshire, and the "Hampden," 
for the United States, and was the master-builder of the "Raleigh," a 
frigate, and the "America," a "ship of the line," both belonging to the 
United States, The latter ship was presented to the king of France by 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 351 

William Gardner,* Ensign. 
Meantime, in the early part of 1778, a regiment was on 
duty upon the upper Connecticut river frontier, raised for 
frontier duty or Continental service, as occasion might re- 
quire. This was, as usual, under the command of Col. 
Timothy Bedel, and was raised in November of the pre- 
ceding year, and discharged in March, 1778. Its roll of 
officers was as follows : 

Timothy Bedel, Colonel. 
John Wheelock, Lt. Colonel. 
Benj. Whitcomb, Major. 
Thomas Hibbard, Adjutant. 
John Young, Quartermaster. 
James Laws, Paymaster. 
George Eager, Surgeon. 
Samuel Hale, Surgeon's Mate. 
Nehemiah Lovewell, Captain. 

our government, in place of the " Magnifique,'.' a French ship of the same 
•class, lost in Boston harbor. Col. Hackett, as commander of a battalion 
of artillery of three companies, had the honor of receiving Gen. Wash- 
ington with "a grand salute," on the occasion of his reception at Ports- 
mouth, October 31, 1789. 

* William Gardner was of Portsmouth, ^orn in 1751, and bred a mer- 
chant, becoming a successful and wealthy one. He was one of the leading 
patriots of the town of Portsmouth, in word and deed. Being agent for 
clothing for the United States, he received a requisition for blankets, 
when there were none in Portsmouth market, and no money in his hands, 
and still worse, the government had little credit. Learning that a mer- 
chant of Newburyport had a supply of them, Maj. Gardner repaired to that 
town to purchase, but was refused them on the credit of the government. 
He purchased them on private account, and gave his own note for them. 
The requisition was filled, the soldiers supplied, but when the note became 
due, ISIaj. Gardner had to pay it from his own funds, very much to his 
own inconvenience, if not injury. In after years, he presented his claim 
to a bankrupt treasury in vain. He was appointed " U. S. Loan Officer" 
by Washington, as some remuneration for his sacrifices. I am not aware 
that -he held any other military office than the present one — which gave 
him the title of major, as by the order of the Committee of Safety, em- 
powering Capt. John Langdon to raise an independent company in Ports- 
mouth, he was to rank as colonel, and of course, his lieutenant and ensign, 
as lieutenant colonel and major. Maj. Gardner continued as U. S. loan 
officer as long as the office was continued. He died April 29, 1833, in the 
83d year of his ago. 



352 adjutant-general's report. 

Samuel Young, Captain. 

Joseph Taylor, " 

William Holden, " 

Elisha Whitcomb, " 

Solomon Cushman, " 

Davenport Phelps, " 

"William Tarlton, " 
Benjamin Sawyer, Lieutenant. 
James Ladd, " 

George Moor, " 

Elisha Powell, " 

Charles Hill, . « 

Oliver Cook, «' 

James Butterfield, " 

John Alexander, " 

Oliver Spaulding, " 

Ephraim Marcy, " 

Ezra Moor, " 

Luther Richardson, " 

Jesse Young, " 

Soon after the discharge of his regiment, in March, 1778, 
Col. Bedel received orders to raise another regiment for 
one year's service. The officers of this regiment were as 
follows : 

Timothy Bedel, Colonel. 

David Webster,* Lieut. Colonel. 

* Col. David Webster was of Plymouth, -where he removed from Hollis, 
under the patronage of Samuel Cummings, Esq., of Hollis, a large pro- 
prietor in the town, and a brother-in-law of Webster. He was the son of 
Stephen Webster, of Chester, and was born there in Dec. 10, 1738. He 
was in the " Seven Years' War," attached to Hazen's company, in 1757, and 
in 1760. In the Revolution he took an active part. At Plymouth, the 
firing at Bunlver Hill was distinctly heard by persons lying upon the 
ground, and Col. Webster and a party of his neighbors started for the bat- 
tlefield, and he did not return until he had seen it and heard of its perils. 
He volunteered his services on the alarm at Ticonderoga, in 1777, and was 
present as a volunteer at the surrender of Burgoyne. He was appointed 
an ensign in the 12th New-Hampshire regiment, or Hobart's regiment of 
that period, and rose through all the grades to the command of the same. 
After the revolution, Col. Webster was appointed High Sherift" for the 
County of Grafton, and remained such until the age of 70 years. He died 
May 8, 1824, aged 85 years. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 353 

Josiah Stowe, Major. 
Thomas Hibbard, Adjutant. 
James Lucas, Paymaster. 
Jacob Bajlej, Quartermaster. 
George Eager, Surgeon. 
Samuel Hale, Surgeon's Mate. 
Jesse Young, Sergeant Major. 

Companies. 

1. Simeon Stevens, Captain. • 
Ebeuezer Martin, First Lieutenant. 
Robert Hunkins, Second Lieutenant. 

2. Luther Richardson, Captain. 
Benjamin Sawj-er, First Lieutenant. 
John Clark, Second Lieutenant. 

3. Solomon Cushman, Captain. 
Elias Stevens, First Lieutenant. 

4. Timothy Barron, Captain. 
Joseph Haynes, First Lieutenant. 
Moses Chamberlain, Second Lieutenant. 

In the Spring of 1779 a regiment was ordered from New- 
Hampshire, for service in Rhode-Island, under command 
of Col. Hercules Mooney. Its oflScers were as follows : 

Hercules Mooney,* Colonel. 

Daniel Reynolds, Major. 

Peter Emerson, Surgeon. 

Ezekiel Worth en, Paym'aster. 

"William Adams, Adjutant. 

Timothy Gleason, Quartermaster. 

* Col. Hercules Mooney was of Lee. He was in the "Seven Years' 
War," in 1757, as captain in Col. Meserve's regiment. September 20, 
1776, he was appointed lieutenant colonel by the Committee of Safety, in 
a regiment raised for one year. The regiment being wanted immedi- 
ately, the matrons companies in the Piscataqua harbor were formed into a 
regiment, and Pierce Long appointed colonel, and Hercules Mooney lieut. 
colonel of the same. From May 28, 1778, to Aug. 26, 1778, he was a 
member of the Committee of Safety, and again from January 5, 1779, to 
April 7, 1779, when he doubtless resigned to take command of this regi- 
ment. He was the member from Lee in the House of Kepresentatives in 
1782. 

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354 adjutant-general's report. 

Companies. 

1. Hercules Moonej, Colonel and Captain. 
Jonathan Leavitt, Captain and Lieutenant. 
Isaac Chandler, Ensign. 

2. Daniel Keynolds, Major and Captain. 
Peter Stearns, Lieutenant. 
William Adams, Ensign. 

3. Ezekiel Worthen, Captain. 
Jacob Elliot, Lieutenant. 
Timothy Gleason, Ensign. 

4. Ephraim Stone, Captain. 
Samuel Kelley, Lieutenant. 
Ephraim Wetherell, Ensign. 

5. Daniel Emerson, Captain. 
Gershom Drury, Lieutenant. 
Moses Barron, Ensign. 

6. Samuel Runnels, Captain. 
Samuel Piper, Lieutenant. 
James Runnels, Ensign, 

Li 1780, the three regiments from lN"ew-Hanipshire were 
on duty for a part of the time at West Point, and subse- 
quently marched into ISTew-Jersey, where Gen. Poor weis 
killed in a duel with a French officer. 

The rolls of the officers of these regiments for this year 
were as follows : 

First Regiment, commanded by Col. Josej^h Cilley. 

Joseph Cilley, Colonel. 

Jere. Gilman, Lieut. Colonel. 

Amos Morrill, Captain and Major. 

William Scott, Major and Brigade Major. 

Jason Wait, Captain and Major. 

Jer. Pritchard, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

Joseph Mills, Ensign, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

Josiah Munro, Lieut. Quartermaster and Captain. 

Jonathan Willard, Lieut, and Quartermaster. 

Thomas Blake, Lieutenant and Paymaster. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 355 

John Hale, Surgeon. 

Nathaniel Gardner, Surgeon. 

Jonathan Pool, Surgeon's Mate. 

Amos Emerson, Captain. 

Ebenezer Frj-e, " 

Isaac Farwell, *' 

Nathaniel Hutchins, " 

8imeon S art well, " 

Moody Dustin, " 

Daniel Clapp, Lieutenant. 

Asa Senter, " 

Bez'l Howe, " 

Simon Merrill, " 

Joshua Thompson,* " 

Robert Barnett, " 

Jonathan Perkins, Ensign and Lieutenant. 

Hubbard Carter, " 

Samuel Thompson, Ensign. 

Second Begiment, conwianded by Col. George Reid. 
George Reid, Colonel. 

Benjamin Titcomb, Major and Lieut. Colonel. 
Benjamin Whitcomb, Major. 
Jere. Fogg, Captain and Aid-de-Camp. 
William M. Bell, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
James Carr, Captain and Paymaster. 
Robert R. Henry, Surgeon. 
Samuel Morey, Surgeon's Mate. 
William Rowell,? Captain. 
Enoch Chase, " 

Caleb Robinson, " 
Moses Dustin, " 

* Joshua Thompson was from Londonderry. He was appointed ensign in 
Capt. Ebenezer Frye's company, Nov. 8, 1776. He was promoted to a 
lieutenantcy, March 5, 1778, and was paymaster of the regiment for a time. 
He settled at what is now East Concord, after the war. He was a quiet, 
unobtrusive citizen, of much respectability. In 1824, when Gen. La- 
Fayette visited Concord, he paid Lieut. Thompson the rare compliment 
of a visit at his house, the lieutenant being unable, on account of age to 
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356 adjutant-general's eeport. 

Samuel Cherry, Captain. 

George Aldrich, " 

Joseph Potter, Lieutenant. 

Samuel Adams, " 

Luke Woodbury, " 

Peletiah Whittemore, " 

George Frost, " 

William Taggart, " 

ISToah Robinson, '• 

Thomas Lyford, " 

James Butterfiekl, '' 

Joshua Merrow, Lieutenant and Ensign. 

Daniel Gookin, " " 

Caleb Blodget, Ensign. 

George Burnbam, " 

William Twombly, " 

Thomas Callis, " 

Third Regmuni, commanded by Col. Alexander ScammeL 
Alexander Scammel, Colonel. 
Henry Dearborn, Lieut. Colonel. 
Enoch Poor, Colonel and Brigadier-General. 
James Norris, Major. 

Nicholas Gilman, Captain and Adjutant-General. 
Jos. Boynton, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
Nathan Hoyt, Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 
Nathaniel Leavitt, " " 

John Hovey, Ensign and Quartermaster. 
Joseph Blanchard, Lieutenant and Paymaster. 
Jacob Hall, Surgeon. 
Mark Howe, " 

Francis Wainvvright, Surgeon's Mate. 
Isaac Smith, Surgeon and Surgeon's Mate. 
Israel Evans,* Chaplain. 

*Mr. Evans was from Pennsylvania, a graduate of Princeton college, 
and was ordained as a chaplain of the army of the United States in 1776, 
at Philadelphia. In 1777, upon the appointment of Col. Poor as briga- 
dier, Mr. Evans became the chaplain of the New-Hampshire brigade, 
and continued as such until the closp of the war. At the funeral of Gen. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 357 

Daniel Livermore, Captain. 

David McGregor, " 

Isaac Frye, " 

William A. Hawkins, " 

William Ellis, 

John Dennett, Lieutenant and Captain. 

Benjamin Ellis, " " 

Adna Pennyman, Lieutenant. 

Jonathan Cass,* " 

Dudley L. Chase, " 

Archibald Stark, " 

Nathan Weare, Ensign and Lieutenant. 

Jonathan Cilley, " " 

Bradbury Richards, Ensign. 

Neal McGafley, " 

Moses Page, *' 

Robert B. Wilkins, " 

In 1780, in addition to the regiment of militia under 
command of Col. Bedel, already named, and the roll given, 
two other regiments were raised in New-Hampshire for 

Poor, in 1780, he pronounced the eulogy. It is highly probable that he 
was acquainted with his tragical end, but in his eulogy there is no allusion 
to it. His connection with this brigade introduced him into New-Hamp- 
shire, and, being a popular preacher, he was settled in Concord, as succes- 
sor to the Kev. Mr. Walker, July 1, 1789. Habits contracted in the war 
rendered his ministerial labors of little avail, and raised so much discon- 
tent and opposition in the parish, that he was dismissed at his own request. 
He died at Concord, March 9, 1807, in the 00th year of his age. 

* Jonathan Cass was from Exeter. He was born in Salisbury, Ms., and 
removed to Exeter in early life. He entered the army immediately upon 
the news of the battle of Lexington, as a private soldier. He was at Bun- 
ker Hill, Saratoga, Trenton, Brandywine, Monmouth, Germantown, and 
was with Sullivan in 1779, during his arduous campaign into the Indian 
country. He was appointed ensign in Scammel's regiment, in 1777, was 
lieutenant in 1778, lieuteimnt and paymaster in 1781, and a captain at the 
close of the war. He resided at Exeter until 1790, when he took command 
of a company in the army, organized in that year, for defense of the West- 
ern frontiers. He continued to serve in the army until 1800, and retired 
with the commission of major. Pleased with the West, Maj. Cass settled 
upon the banks of the Muskingham, in Ohio, where he died in August, 
1830, aged 77 years, having lived to see his only son, Lewis Cass, of De- 
troit, Michigan, one of the distinguished statesmen of the country. 

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358 adjutant-general's report. 

the defense of West Point. These regiments were under 
the command of Colonels Nichols and Bartlett, and the 
rolls of their officers follow : 

Col. Moses Nichols' Regiment. 
Moses ISTichols, Colonel. 
Christopher Webber, Major. 
Henry Codraan, Surgeon. 
Benjamin Adams, Surgeon's Mate. 
>'Daniel Kimball, Adjutant and Ensign. 
Nathaniel Gearfield, Lt. and Quartermaster. 
William Cowan, Sergeant Major. 
John Caldwell, Quartermaster Sergeant. 

Comjjcmies. 

1. Peter Page, Captain. 
Timothy Bayley, Ensign. 

2. Jonas Kidder, Captain. 
Samuel Brookfield, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Cass, Ensign. 

3. William Barron, Captain. 
Ezekiel Jewell, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Hardy, Ensign. 

4. Ebenezer Webster, Captain. 
Winthrop Carter, Lieutenant. 

5. Abel Stevens, Captain. 
Nathaniel Gearfield, Lieutenant. 

^ Daniel Kimball, Ensign. 

6. Nicholas Houghton, Captain. 
John Pratt, Lieutenant. 
Joshua Duraut, Ensign. 

7. Benjamin Whittier, Captain. 
Jonathan Ring, Lieutenant. 
Thomas Gordon, Ensign. 

8. Benjamin Spaulding, Captain. 
Joseph Dodge, Lieutenant. 
Daniel Adams, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 359 

Col. Thomas BartleWs Regiment. 

Thomas Bartlett,* Colonel. 
Jonathan Weutworth, Major. 
John Gardner, Adjutant. 
I^athaniel Chandler, Quartermaster. 
Mark Howe, Surgeon. 
George Keser, Surgeon's Mate. 
Martin Penj^ Sergeant Major. 

Companies. 

1. Daniel Jewell, Captain. 
John Gardner, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Trusdale, Ensign. 

2. James Aiken, Captain. 
Daniel MeMurphy, Lieutenant. 
Nathan Butler, Ensign. 

3. Daniel Gordon, Captain. 
Robert Clark, Lieutenant. 
Abraham Brown, Ensign. 

4. Timothy Emerson, Captain. 
Joseph Pinkhara, Lieutenant. 
James Burnham, Ensign. 

5. Richard Sinclair, Captain. 
William Ray, Lieutenant. 
Richard Sinclair, Jr., Ensign. 

6. John Eastman, Captain. 
James Webster, Lieutenant. 
Job Kent, Ensign. 

* Col. Thomas Bartlett was from Nottingham. He was among the 
leading patriots of Roelcingham. Aside from offices of minor grades, he 
was captain of the 5th company of " six weeks' men", at Winter Hill, in 
1775, lieutenant colonel in Col. Gilman's regiment, in 1776, and held a 
like position in Col. Evans' raiment at Rhode-Island, in 1778. From 
May 28, 1778, to January 5, 1779, Col. Bartlett was a member of the 
Committee of Safety, and, as seen above, was colonel of one of the New- 
Hampshire regiments raised for the defense of West Point, in 1780. Upon 
the reorganization of the militia under the law of 1792, Col. Bartlett was 
made brigadier general of the 3d brigade of the New-Hampshire Militia. 



360 adjutant-general's report. 

7. Moses Leavitt, Captain. 
Thomas Hayes, Lieutenant. 
Samuel Marston, Ensign. 

8. Henry Butler, Captain. 
^ Asa Kimball, Lieutenant. 

Nathan Chandler, Ensign. 

Dr. Belknap states that "In the close of this year (1780) 
the three (New-Hampshire) regiments were reduced to 
two, which were commanded by the Colonels Scaramel 
and George Reid." But this seems to be an error, as the 
veteran Col. Cilley was still in command of his regiment 
in 1781, as is shown by the roll of his regiment of that 
year, still on file in the office of the Secretary of State, 
showing promotions in the regiment and its service for 
that year. The rolls of the three regiments for the year 
1781 were as follows : 

Fir8t^ or Col. CiUei/'s Regiment. 
Joseph Cilley, Colonel, 
William Scott, Major and Brig. Major. 
Jason Wait, Major. 
Amos Morrill, " 

Joseph Mills, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
John Willard, Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 
Thomas Blake, Lieutenant and Paymaster. 
Nathaniel Gardner, Surgeon.^ 
David Alden, Surgeon's Mate. 
Ebenezer Frye, Captain. 
Isaac Farwell, " 

Simeon Sartwell, " 
Moody Du still, " 

Josiah Munroe, " 
Asa Seiiter, Lieutenant. 
Bezaleel Ilowe, " * 

Joshua Thompson, " 
Jonathan Perkins, " 
Hubbard Carter, " 
John Adams, Ensign. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 361 

Second, or Col. ReicVs Regiment. 

George Reid, Colonel. 

Caleb Robinson, Captain and Major, 

William M. Bell, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 

Caleb Blodgett,* Lieutenant and Quartermaster. 

Robert R. Henry, Surgeon. 

Samuel Morey, Surgeon's Mate. 

Jeremiah Fogg, Captain. 

James Carr, 

William Rowell, 

Enoch Chase, 

Moses Dustin, 

Samuel Cheri»y, 

Joseph Potter, Lieutenant. 

Joshua Me r row, " 

Samuel Adams, " 

Luke Woodbury, " 

Peletiah Whittemore, " 

Geo. P. Frost, " 

Daniel Gookin,t " 

* Caleb Blodgett was the son of Capt. Samuel Blodgett, of Goffstown. 
He was ensign in Col. Eeid's regiment, of 1780, and lieutenant and quar- 
termaster, as above. 

f Daniel Gookin was of North-Hampton, son of Rev. Daniel Gookin, 
minister of that town, and born March 2, 175G. He was sergeant-major 
and ensign in Col. George Keid's regiment ; ensign and lieutenant in the 
same regiment, in 1780, and captain in the United States army in 1787, 
his commission being dated New-York, April 2, of that year, and signed 
by Arthur St. Clair, President of Congress ; H. Knox, Sec'y of War. 

He was urged to take a major's commission in 1803, by President Jeffer- 
son, but declined on account of his family. He was councillor for the 
Kockingham district in 1807-8, and June 6, 1809, he was appointed a judge 
of the court of common pleas for the county of Rockingham, by Gov. 
Jeremiah Smith. September 12, 1814, ho was appointed aid, by Gov. 
Gilman, and rendered valuable assistance in organizing the militia for the 
defense of Portsmouth. Dec. 19, 1815, he was appointed judge of probate 
for the county of Rockingham, which ofBce he held until his age made 
him ineligible to hold the same, by the constitution. When past 70 years 
of age he removed to Saco, Me., and there died, September 4, 1831, in the 
76th year of his age. — Manuscri^jt of J. ]V. ThoTiiton, Esq., of Boston. 



362 adjutant-general's report. 

Thirds or Col. ScammeVs Regiment. 
Alexander Scammel, Colonel. 
Henry Dearborn,* Lieut. Colonel and Colonel. 
Nicholas Gilman, Captain and Adjutant-General. 
Joseph Boynton, Lieutenant and Adjutant. 
Joseph Blanchard, Lieutenant and Paymaster. 
Jonathan Cass, " " 

Mark Howe, Surgeon. 
John Dennett, Captain, 
Daniel Livermore, " 

* Henry Dearborn was born in Hampton, March, 1751. He studied 
medicine and settled in Nottingham as a physician, in 1772. Upon the 
news of the battle of Lexington, Dr. Dearborn, April 20, 1775, marched 
with sixty volunteers for the scene of action, and, arriving at Cambridge 
the 21st, joined Stark, who was enlisting a regiment of New-Hampshire 
men, who were in the neighborhood, as volunteers. The 17th of June, he 
marched upon Bunker Hill with his company, beside Stark, and fought 
most bravely under the eye of that veteran. In September he joined Ar- 
nold's expedition, with Capt. Ward, of Reid's regiment, and marched 
through the wilds of Maine and Canada, for Quebec. In the assault upon 
that city Capt. Dearborn was taken prisoner. He was exchanged in 
March, 1777, and appointed a major in Scammel's regiment the following 
month. He was in the battles of Stillwater and Saratoga, and fought with 
such gallantry as to be noticed in orders by Gen. Gates. He was with 
Gen. Sullivan in his expedition against the Indians, in 1779, and was at 
Yorktown in 1781, at the surrender of Cornwallis. Upon the death of 
Scammel he took command of the regiment. After the war he settled in 
Maine, where he was marshal in 1789, by appointment of Washington. 
He was two terms a member of congress, and in 1801, secretary of war 
under Jefferson. He held this oflSce until 1809, when he was appointed col- 
lector of the port of Boston. In 1812, he was appointed senior major- 
general in the Army of the United States, and captured York, in Canada, 
and Fort Georgl, at the mouth of the Niagara. He was recalled from the 
frontier, July 6, 1813, and put in command of the military district of New- 
York city. He was in poor health, but military men thought his recall 
was a great mistake of Mr. Madison. In the summer of 1822 he was ap- 
pointed, hy Mr. Monroe, minister plenipotentiary to Portugal. After an 
absence of two years he was recalled at his own request, and quietly set- 
tled at Boston, annually re-visiting and attending to his farm in Maine. 
Gen. Dearborn was a man of large size, gentlemanly deportment, and one 
of the bravest and most gallant men of his time. His recall from his 
command by Mr. Madison did him no injury, as people generally. looked 
upon it, as it was, " one of the great mistakes of Mr. Madison's admin- 
istration." Gen. Dearborn died at Roxbury, June 6, 1829, aged 78 years. 
— N. H. Rolls. Allen's Blographiccd Dictionary. 



MILITARY HISTORY— 1623 TO 1861. 363 

David McGregor, Captain. 

Isaac Frye, " 

Benj. Ellis, 

Nathan licit, Lieuteuaut. 

Kathaniel Leavitt, " 

j^athau Weare, " 

Jonathan Cillej, " 

Archibald Stark, " 

Neal McGaffey, 

John Ilarvey, Ensign and Lieutenant. 

Moses Page, " 

Robert B. Wilkins,* " 

Bradbary Richards, Ensign. 

In this year, part of the New-Hampshire troops were 
stationed in New- York, while a part went into Virginia, 
and were present at the surrender of Cornwallis at York- 
town, where the gallant Scammel lost his life at the hands 
of a barbarous foe. The prospect of peace relaxed the 
military operations, and New-Hampshire seems not to have 
fully organized a regiment raised for the prosecution of 
the war. One regiment was raised by Col. Daniel 
Reynolds, and his staff officers seem not to have been 

* Kobert B. "Wilkins, a boy of 16 years, was in the battle of Bunker 
Hill, where he was severely wounded. He was from Amherst. After he 
recovered from his wound he joined the Continental Army, and was made 
an ensign for meritorious conduct. He was promoted to alieutenantcy by 
Gen. LaFayette. The Marquis desiring to bring off a herd of cattle from 
the neighborhood of " King's Bridge," in New- York, to prevent their 
falling into the hands of the enemy, to afford him " aid and comfort," de- 
sired Col. Scammel to send a detachment, under an oflacer of courage and 
shrewdness, to bring them off. Ensign Wilkins was detached for that pur- 
pose, and he accomplished his orders, under the fire of the enemy. The 
next day he was promoted in general orders, and made lieutenant and 
quartermaster. At an interview, he thanked the Marquis for the honor, 
but said he must decline, as he was too poor to equip himself for the office. 
The Marquis then ordered him a uniform and equipments throughout. 
"When at Concord, in 1824, Gen. Lafiiyette recognized the lieutenant at 
once, and embraced him, with tears, exclaiming, "Bob Wilks. -It is Bob 
"Wilkins." "Wilkins then replied, " Yes, it is Bob "Wilks, General, the 
same that you made a lieutenant, and gave a uniform and equipments. I 
was too poor to pay you then, but I thanked you, and I am too poor to pay 
you now ; but as I thanked you then, I thank you now. God bless you, my 
dear General." 



364 adjutant-general's report. 

appointed, and only the captains of the several companies. 
The roll of officers of this regiment thus incomplete was as 
follows : 

Daniel Reynolds,* Colonel. 

Compayiies. 

1. Nathaniel Head,t Captain. 

2. Joshua Woodman, " 

3. Joseph Parsons, " 

4. John Mills, 

5. Jacob Webster, " 

6. William Boyes, " 

7. Othniel Thomas, " 

There was enlisted from Dover, July 3, 1775, a company 
of soldiers, under 

John Waldron, Captain. 
Timothy Roberts, First Lieutenant. 
Paul Welland, Second Lieutenant. 
John Heard, Second Lieutenant. 

But I am not able to discover where they were located, 
or whether they were assigned to any regiment. It is 
possible they were for the defense of the Piscataqua har- 
bor, but I have not been able to liud any report of them 
as thus located. John Waldron was appointed colonel by 
the Committee of Safety, in Janiiar}^, 1775, and Peter 
Coffin major, but of what regiment I have not been able 

* Col. Daniel Keynolds was of Londonderry. He was captain of the 
first company in Col. Nichols' regiment at the battle of Bennington, was 
again captain of a company in Col. Peabody's regiment in Khode-Island, 
in 1778, and had served his country on other occasions. He was also rep- 
resentative from Londonderry. His name was often written Kunnels ; 
hence there has arisen some doubt as to the offices held by him. But there 
is now no doubt that Capt. Daniel Runnels and Col. Daniel Reynolds are 
one and the same man, from Londonderry. 

f Nathaniel Head was of Chester, in that part of it lying upon the east 
bank of the Merrimack, and now in the town of Hooksett. He was second 
lieutenant in the 9th company of volunteers from New-Hampshire, at 
"Winter Hill, in the winter of 1775 and 1776; ensign in Capt Sias' com- 
pany. Col. Nichols' regiment, in the expedition to Rhode-Island, in 1778, 
and captain as above, in Col. Eej'nolds' regiment, in 1781. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 365 

to determine, but from the fact that General Sullivan was 
held responsible for the money advanced to them ; I am 
inclined to the opinion that it was a regiment to be raised, 
or that had been raised at Winter Hill — perhaps a regi- 
ment of "six weeks' men," as I can iindfrom the rolls no 
other organization of those men than the companies as 
they marched from their several towns. 

The Ranger Service. 

Col. Timothy Bedel's company, ordered July 5, 1775, 
and soon after in service, as has been seen, was the nucleus 
of a regiment raised by the same enterprising officer, by 
order of the Committee of Safety, January 22, 1776, for 
the protection of our western frontier. After Col. Bedel's 
regiment was ordered to join the continental army, in the 
winter of 1775 and 1776, several companies of Rangers 
were kept upon the western frontiers upon the upper Con- 
necticut river, in "the Coos Country." Scouts were also 
kept out in the north-east portion of the State. Capt. 
Joshua Heath, of Conway, was ordered out with a scout 
of 10 men, January 11, 1776, to do duty at the passes of 
the Saco and Androscoggin ; and about the same time 
Capt. David Woodward, with 26 mem, was on dutj- at 
"the Great Coos, and vicinity."* In Septeraber,1776, Capt. 
Samuel Atkinson, with a company of 44 men, was at Coos, 
and also Capt. Russel with 50 men all told. 

This last company's roll of officers was as follows : 

Josiah Eussell, Captain. 
Daniel Chase, Lieutenant. 
Josiah Stone, Ensign. * 

At the same time Capt. Jeremiah Eames was on duty 
at the Upper Coos, and in the spring of 1776 built or re- 
paired the garrison at Northumberland. About the same 

* Ceo was tlie Indian for ^;me tree, and Cooash, the plural of Coo, meant 
pine irees ; hence the Indian word Cooash-auke, as applied to the country, 
on the Connecticut, at Havei-hill and Lancaster, meanins;; literally the 
pine tree's place, and hance our words Coos, Cohos, and Cohosuck. The 
" Great, or Lower Coos," was at Haverhill, and the " Upper Coos," at Lan- 
caster. 



366 adjutant-general's report. 

time he built garrisons at Bath and Lancaster. In the fall 
of 1776,.Maj. Benjamin Whitcomb was ordered to the 
frontiers on the Upper Connecticut, and had under his 
command a battalion of rangers for the protection of that 
frontier. His command was thus, from October, 1776, to 
December, 1779 : 

Benjamin Whitcomb, Major. 
Companies. 

1. George Aldrich, Captain. 

Jonas Butterfield, First Lieutenant. 
David Goodenough, Second Lieutenant. 

2. Jeremiah Eames. 

3. Joshua Heath, Captain. 

In 1779, Whitcomb's battalion was thus : 

Benjamin Whitcomb, Major. 
George Aldrich, Captain. 
Thomas Lyford, First Lieutenant. 
Jonas Butterfield, " 

Nathan Taylor, Second Lieutenant. 
Samuel Clark, " - 

David Goodenough, " 

In 1780, his battalion was organized in the following 
manner : 

Benjamin Whitcomb, Major. 

Comimnies. 

1. Samuel Paine, Captain. 
Gale Cole, Lieutenant. 
Thomas Lyford, Lieutenant. 
David Bradley, Ensign. 

2. Ephraim Stone, Captain. 
Ebenezer Odel, Lieutenant. 

3. Samuel Runnels, Captain. 

In 1781 a part of the same corps was continued, but 
soon dismissed, as little danger was apprehended. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 18G1. 367 

In 1782, although the danger was not supposed to be 
great on the frontier, yet companies of rangers were kept 
in " the Coos Country" as a matter of precaution, lest 
some foray should be made upon the inhabitants from the 
enemy in Canada. The veteran. Captain Ebenezer Web- 
ster, of Steveustown, commanded a company of rangers 
this year, in the "Coos Country;" James Ladd was sec- 
ond in command. A scout of 11 men was detached for 
special service on that frontier in the "Upper Coos," under 
the command of Lieutenant Ladd, and also another scout 
of 10 men under command of Sergeant James Blake. lu 
addition, as has been seen, a regiment, under Col. Bedel, 
was on duty here in the winter of 1777-8, and the same 
officer raised a regiment in this section of the State in 
the summer of 1778, for a year's service. These regiments 
were composed mainly of officers and men w^ho had seen 
service as rangers, and were considered and called "Be- 
del's Rangers." 

Our 3Iarme. 

The Governor of our State is styled " The Commander- 
in-Chief of the Army and Navy." This title was given 
when we had an army and navy, and when it was doubt- 
less thought we might have still larger and more efficient 
ones. 

The attention of the Committee of Safety was early 
sought, to initiate a system of privateering, which might 
grow more formidable, and at least greatly harass the 
enemy. Early in 1775 the armed schooner "Enterprise" 
was fitted out by the citizens of Portsmouth, to cruise 
against the enemy, and Daniel Jackson was appointed her 
commander. Capt. Jackson, for some reason, resigned his 
office, and Capt. Thomas Palmer was appointed in his 
place by the Committee of Safety. His appointment 
is thus recorded in their journal : 

" February 23, 1776. At the request of the proprietors 
of the schooner privateer, called the Enterprise, we have 
appointed Thomas Palmer commander, in the room of 
Capt. Daniel Jackson, resigned." 



368 adjutant-general's report. 

The "McClary," another armed schooner, under the 
auspices of the Committee of Safety, and commanded 
by Capt. Robert Parker, " sailed on a cruise against the 
enemy." The " McClary" took many valuable prizes, and 
among others "the Susanna," which for a time was the 
source of much difficulty betwixt our Legislature and 
Cono-ress. The Susanna was brouo;ht into Portsmouth, 
and condemned as a lawful prize, being an American ves- 
sel trading at an enemy's port. The owners brought the 
matter before Congress, and the decision of our State 
court was reversed. This proceeding produced a most 
spirited remonstrance from our Legislature, vindicating 
State rights. Many other armed vessels were fitted out, 
and di-d the enemy much injurj^ under the command of 
the noted and gallant sailors of Portsmouth. Some of 
these " armed vessels," and their commanders, were as fol- 
lows : 

The Enterprise, Thomas Palmer. 

McClary, Robert Parker. 

^ ion- f Thomas Darling. 

G-eneral Sullivan, s rri at • 

' [ Ihoraas Manning. 

General Mifflin, Daniel McNiel. 

Rambler, Thomas Manning. 

Pluto, John Hill. 

Ilumbird, Samuel Rice. 

Fortune, John Mendum. 

Bellona, Thomas Manning. 

Adventure, Kinsman Peverly. 

Marquis of Kildare, Thomas Palmer. 

Portsmouth, frigate built, Robert Parker. 

Hampden, " " Thomas Pickering. 

Of these vessels, most of them vrere noted for their 
good, and one for its bad, fortune. The " McClaiy, ' 
"General Sullivan," "General Mifflin," "Rambler," and 
" Portsmouth," were noted for their success; harassing 
the enemy, enriching their owners, and aiding the patriot 
cause, as the prizes taken by them were not unfrequently 
transports, loaded with flour, provisions, guns, and other 
munitions of war for the British army in Boston and 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1G23 TO 1861. 369 

New- York, and great!}' needed by the patriot army. The 
Hampden was less fortunate. She was commanded by 
Capt. Thomas Pickering, the same man who led the 
troops in the attack on Fort William and Mary, in De- 
cember 1774. He had been appointed captain of a ship 
being built by the Continental Congress, and took com- 
mand of the "Hampden," by the appointment of "the 
Committee of Safety," merely for a single cruise. The 
"Hampden" was a staunch ship of 400 tons, and 22 guns, 
a fast sailer, and had a picked crew. She started on a 
cruise, early in the year 1779, upon the English coast, 
took several prizes, and sent them into French ports ; one 
of them, the "Harmony," a British brig, with a cargo of 
great value. On Sunday, the 7th of March, at ten o'clock 
A. M., latitude 47° 13', west longitude 28° 30', the Hamp- 
den made a sail, about two leagues distant, and bore down 
upon it, firing a gun to the leeward, which was not an- 
swered. The stranger put on all sail, and the Hampden 
followed. The chase continued all night. At daybreak 
next morning the stranger was in sight, and proved to be 
an East Indiaman of about 800 tons, and 34 guns. Al- 
though the enemy was of such superior force, the Hamp- 
den determined to fight him, and at 7 a. m. came up under 
his lee bow and gave him a broadside. The Indiaman 
returned the compliment, and the action continued close 
along side for two hours and a half, when Capt. Pickering 
being killed, the three masts of the Hampden and her 
bowsprit badly wounded, her starboard main shrouds total- 
ly gone, her rigging and sails cut to pieces, her double- 
headed shot expended and near twenty of her men killed 
and wounded, she reluctantly drew ofi', leaving the India- 
man a perfect wreck, his masts, yards. Sails and rigging, 
cut to pieces. The Hampden had only her foresail with 
which to get away, and was obliged to use her tacks, her 
sheets being cut away. 

The casualties w^ere, "Capt. Pickering, killed; Mr. Pel- 
tier, a Frenchman, killed ; Samuel Shortridge, so badly 
wounded that he died in two hours after f John Buntin, 
both legs shot away, but lived nine days ; John Tanner, 
24 



370 adjutant-general's report. 

master's mate, left arm shot oft'; Michael Blaisdell, left hand 
shot off"; Peter Derrick, his mouth shot to pieces; and 
twelve others wounded, but not dangerous." Capt. Pick- 
ering was killed just as he was preparing for boarding; 
had he lived, the result would probably have been differ- 
ent. As it was, the ludiaman doubtless went to the bot- 
tom, and the battle gave confidence to -our gallant sailors. 
It was, as Cooper suggests, the severest fought naval battle 
of the Revolution. The Hampden arrived safely in Ports- 
mouth harbor, and was sold at auction, May 7, 1779, Col. 
John Langdon becoming her purchaser. 

In the spring of 1779, a British force from .Nova Scotia 
marched into Maine and established a post on the Penob- 
scot. Maine belonging to Massachusetts, she fitted out 
an expedition to drive off" the intruders, being joined 
by New-Hampshire, and the Continental Government 
furnishing three ships for the naval part of it. The Hamp- 
den was purchased by this State, of Col. Langdon, fitted 
up, manned, provisioned, and sent to the Penobscot with 
this expedition, the fleet of nineteen sail being under the 
command of a captain Saltonstall of Connecticut, who 
was in the Continental service. The expedition was a 
failure. The news of it getting to New-York, Sir George 
Collier forthwith sailed for the Penobscot with five heavy 
ships of war, forced Gen. Lovell, in command of the land 
forces, to abandon his works, and with the fleet to retreat 
up the river. Four frigates and the smaller vessels of the 
fleet were run on shore and blown up, and the Hunter and 
ill-starred Hampden fell into the hands of the British. The 
U. S. Government assumed the losses in this expedition, 
and New-Hampshire was allowed X12,000 for the Hamp- 
den. 

In 1780, March 18, anew militia act was passed. This, 
in its minor details, was similar to that of 1776, but its 
main provisions were essentially different. It provided 
that the Legislature might divide the militia into regi- 
ments, brigades and divisions, without regard to county 
lines, or the opinions " of such members of the House as 
belong to the county where the division or alteration is 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 371 

to be made;" that the Major General should not " march 
any part of the militia without the limits of the State, 
unless he received orders for that purpose from the Gen- 
eral Court, or in its recess, from the Committee of Safe- 
ty ;" that Brigadier Generals should be appointed, and 
that all general field and platoon officers should be com- 
missioned by the President of the Council ; that the ad- 
jutants and quartermasters of the various regiments should 
be appointed from the subalterns by the field ofiicers ; that 
the alarm list should consist of all male persons under sev~ 
enti/, not included in the training band, or not specially 
excepted ; that the commanding ofl3.cers of the companies 
of the alarm list should call them out once every six 
months ; " that all captains and subalterns be furnished 
with a half pike, an espontoon, or fusee and bayonet, 
also with a sword or hanger ;" that returns of the training 
band and the alarm list should be made by certain ofiicers 
and at certain times ; that each company of the training 
band should be called out four times each year, for in- 
struction and inspection, and each regiment once each 
year, for the same purpose, if ordered by a superior officer ; 
that all courts-martial should be ordered by certain offi- 
cers, and consist of certain specified numbers ; that the 
major general, brigadiers and colonels might appoint mil- 
itary watches, when invasion should be expected ; that the 
brigadiers might issue orders to the captains of compa- 
nies of the training band and alarm list, to make drafts 
when quotas were not filled by voluntary enlistments; that 
the major general should determine the number of men 
to be drafted, and apportion them to the brigades, the brig- 
adiers to the colonels, and the colonels to the captains ; 
that the major general should fix the alarm ; and that the 
major general should appoint two persons from the line 
officers, to act as his aids-de-camp, " to attend him on 
horse-back, every field day, and upon every alarm, and 
that the brigadiers should each appoint one person from 
the line to act as his brigade major, "who is to attend 
him on horse-back in times of alarm and upon field days." 



372 adjutant-general's report. 

Sach were the essential requirements of this act, in all of 
which it diliered from that of the former system. 

In 1786, June 24, this act was repealed, and a substitute 
enacted, very nearly like its predecessor, save that the 
training band was made to consist of all males of able 
bodies, from sixteen to forty years of age, with certain 
exceptions, and the alarm list included all such persons 
from forty to sixty years of age, not included in the train- 
ing band, or excepted. Very few of the appointments 
under the act of 1780 or 1786 are known. It seems that 
Jeremiah Fogg was the successor of Gen. Peabody as 
adjutant-general. 

In 1784, Gen, Sullivan was major general of the militia, 
and continued to hold that office until elected President, 
in 1786, when he resigned, and Maj. Gen. Cilley, of Not- 
tingham, was his successor. The necessity of an organized 
militia in time of peace was made most manifest in 1786, 
when an armed mob surrounded the Legislature, in session 
at Exeter, and demanded certain legislation. Being 
thwarted in their demands, they retired for the night and 
encamped, threateniiig vengeance the following day. That 
night. President Sullivan ordered out the nearest compa- 
nies of cavalry and infantry, and in the morning a suffi- 
cient force having obeyed the order, they were led by Gen. 
Cilley to attack the insurgents, who had made a stand 
near " King's Bridge," in Exeter, drawn up in battle 
array. Civil war and anarchy were about to be inaugu- 
rated. But the chivalrous daring of one man, aided by 
his bold companions, averted this calamity. When the 
hostile forces w^ere looking defiance at each other, and 
ready for the bloody conflict. Gen. Cilley, at the head of 
a party of horsemen, dashed into the ranks of the insur- 
p-ents, — and with his own hand siezed their leader, and 
carried him in triumph into the ranks of the loyal troops. 
His companions, at the same time, were as successful in 
securing a number of the insurgent leaders as prisoners. 
The others, seeing their leaders prisoners, turned and fled 
with the greatest precipitation and confusion. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861, 373 

The insurgents were mainly from the west part of the 
county of Rockingham — Moses French, Esq., of Hamp- 
stead, being the leader among the civilians ; and a Col. 
Benjamin Stone ; Maj. James Cochran, of Pembroke ; 
Capt. John McKean, of Londonderry ; Capt. Ela Dow ; 
Lieut. Asa Robinson, of Pembroke ; Lieutenants Brown, 
Clough, Weare, and AlcClary, and Ensign Thomas Cotton, 
were the officers of the militia present. 

These were brought before a court-martial, at Exeter, of 
which Maj. Gen. Cilley was president, and tried and sen- 
tenced, with the exception of Lieut. Thomas McCUiry, of 
the 8th regiment, who was detained from attending the 
court, and was sentenced without trial. 
^' Maj. James Cochran and Lieut. Asa Robinson, of the 
11th regiment ; Capt. John McKean and Lieut. Thomas 
McClary, of the 8th regiment ; Capt. Ehx Dow, Lieut. 
Clough, and Ensign Thomas Cotton, of the 7th regiment, 
and Lieut. Weare, of the 1st regiment of light horse, were 
sentenced to be cashiered, and incapable of holding any 
military office. Lieut. Brown, of the 1st regiment of light 
horse was sentenced to be reprimanded, and Col. Benjamin 
Stone was acquitted ; Major Cochran and Lieut. Weare 
were recommended bj' the court to be restored to their com- 
mands. The finding of the court-martial was approved 
by the legislature, except as to Lieuts. MeClary and Weare. 
President Sullivan, by proclamation, disapproved of the 
sentence of Lieuts. McClary and Weare, that part of the 
sentence of the others, as to their future disqualification 
for office, reprimanded Quarterma>ter Brown, and released 
the officers from arrest. Thus was crushed, in a most 
summary manner, the nucleus of a rebellion, that in Mass- 
achusetts, by a less energetic course, assumed most for- 
midable proportions. 

The militia of the State, under the act of 1786, had not 
been fully organized and equipped in 1787, as I*res. Sulli- 
van, in that year, in his order for certain regimental mus- 
ters, said, " As there has not been time, since the regiments 
were arranged, for the officers to equip themselves with 
the proper uniform, it is not expected that they can all be 



374 adjutant-general's report. 

furnished at this time; but such as have or can provide 
themselves with convenience, are expected to do it."* 

On the 5th of September, 1792, the new Constitution 
was adopted. This contained important provisions as to 
the militia. In the bill of rights it announced the truth 
that " A well-regulated militia is the proper, natural and 
sure defense of a State;" and provides that the "general 
and field officers of the militia shall be nominated and 
appointed by the governor and council ; that the captains 
and subalterns in the respective regiments shall be nomi- 
nated and recommended by the field officers to the gov- 
ernor, who is to issue their commissions immediately on 
receipt of such recommendation; that "the governor of 
this State for the time being shall be commander-in-chief 
of the arniy and navy, and all the military forces of the 
State by sea and land;" that " no officer, duly commissioned 
to command in the militia, shall be removed from his of- 
fice but by address of both houses to the governor, or by 
fair trial in court-martial, pursuant to the laws of the State 
for the time being;" that "the commanding oflicers of 
regiments shall appoint their adjutants and quartermas- 
ters ; the brigadiers, their brigade majors ; the major 
generals their aids ; the captains and subalterns, their non- 
commissioned officers;" and that the division of the mili- 
tia into brigades, regiments and companies, made in pur- 
suance of the militia laws then in force, should be consid- 
ered as the proper division of the militia of this State, 
until the same should be altered by some future law. 

Under this constitution, new militia laws became neces- 
sary. Accordingly', at the next session of the Legislature, 
Dec. 27, an act was passed arranging the militia into regi- 
ments, brigades and divisions, and describing their limits. 
The act provided that the militia of this State be arrang- 
ed into divisions, brigades and regiments, and numbered; 
and that each division, brigade and regiment, shall take 
rank according to their number, reckoning the first, or 

* Uniforms or equipments were not cared for as in later times. Capt. 
Asa Kimball appeared on parade and maneuvered his company at East 
Concord, with an ox-goad. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 375 

lowest number, highest, in rank, and that each regiment 
shall be divided into two battalions. 

That the companies in the towns of Portsmouth, ]S"ew- 
ington and Newcastle, shall form a first battalion ; the 
companies in the towns of Rye, Greenland and Stratham, 
shall form a second battalion — which shall constitute the 
first regiment. 

The companies in the towns of Dover and Somersworth 
shall form the first battalion; the companies in the town 
of Rochester, shall form a second battalion — which shall 
constitute the second regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of North-Hampton, 
Hampton and Hampton-Falls, shall form a first battalion ; 
the companies in the towns of Seabrook, Kensington and 
South-Hampton, shall form a second battalion — which 
shall constitute the third regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Exeter and New- 
market, shall form the first battalion ; the companies in 
the towns of Brentwood, Poplin and Epping, shall form 
a second battalion — which shall constitute the fourth regi- 
ment. 

That the companies in the towns of Amherst, Merri- 
mack, Litchfield and Duxburj,* shall form a first battal- 
ion ; the companies in the towns of Dunstable, Hollis, 
Nottingham Westf and Raby,| shall form a second bat- 
talion — which shall constitute i\\Q fifth' regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Winchester, Rich- 
mond and Swanzey, shall form a first battalion; the com- 
panies in the towns of Chesterfield and Hinsdale, shall 
form a second battalion — which shall constitute the sixth 
regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Kingston, East- 
Kingston, Hawke,|| and Newtown, shall form a first bat- 
talion ; the companies in the towns of Atkinson, Plaistow, 
Hampstead and Sundown, shall form a second battalion — 
which shall constitute the seventh regiment. 

That the companies in the town of Londonderry shall 

*Now part of Milford. f Now Hudson. 
J Now Brookline. || Now Fremont. 



376 



ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



form a first battalion ; the companies in the towns of 
Salem, Pelham and Windham, shall form a second bat- 
talion — which shall constitute the eighth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Derryfield, Gofis- 
town, Dunbarton and Bedford, shall form a first bat- 
talion ; the companies in the towns of ]^ew-Boston and 
Weare, shall form a secund battalion — which shall consti- 
tute the yiinih regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Gilmanton and Barn- 
stead, shall form a first battalion ; the companies in the 
towns of Sanbornton, Meredith and New-Hampton, shall 
form a second battalion— which shall constitute the tenth 
regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Concord, Pembroke 
and Bow, shall form a first battalion ; the companies in the 
towns of Loudon, Canterbury and Northfield, shall form a 
second battalion — which shall constitute the eleventh regi- 
ment. » 

That the companies in the towns of Rindge, Jafl^rey and 
Dublin, shall form a first battalion ^ the companies in the 
towns of Fitzwilliam, Marlborough and Packersfield,* 
shall form a second battalion — which shall constitute the 
twelfth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Piermont, Went- 
worth, Warren and Coventry, shall form a first battalion ; 
the companies in' the towns of Haverhill, Bath and Lan- 
daff, shall form a second battalion — which shall constitute 
the thirteenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Plymouth, Hol- 
derness, Rumney, Carapton and Thornton, shall form a first 
battalion ; the companies in the towns of New-Chester,* 
Alexandria, Bridgewater, Cockermouth| and Hebron, shall 
form a second battalion — which shall constitute \.\\q four- 
teenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Cornish, Plainfield, 
New-Granthamjl and Protectworth,§ shall form a first bat- 

* Now Nelson, and parts of Eoxbiiry, Sullivan and Stoddard. 
•}■ Now Hill. X Now'Groton. || Now Grantham. 

§ Now Springfield. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 377 

talion ; the companies in the towns of Claremont, Newport, 
Croydon and Wendell,* shall form a second battalion — 
which shall constitute the fifteenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Charlestown, Lang- 
don, Unity and Acvvorth, shall form a first battalion ; the 
companies in the towns of Alstead, Marlow, Washington, 
Stoddard, Lempster and Goshen, shall form a second bat- 
talion — which shall constitute the sixteenth regiment. 

That the companies in the town of Chester shall form a 
first battalion ; the companies in the towns of Candia, 
Raymond and Allenstown, shall form a second battalion — 
which shall constitute the seventeenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of JSTottingham and 
Deerfieid shall form a first battalion ; the companies in the 
towns of Epsom, North wood, Pittsfield and Chichester, 
shall form a second battalion — which shall constitute the 
eighteenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Moultonborough, 
Sandwich and Tamworth, shall form a first battalion ; 
the companies in the towns of Conway, Eaton, Burton, f 
Bartlett, Chatham and the Locations, shall form a second 
battalion — which shall constitute the nineteenth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Walpole and West- 
moreland, shall form a first battalion ; the companies in 
the towns of Surry, Gilsum and Sullivan, shall form a 
second battalion — which shall constitute the twentieth regi- 
ment. 

That the companies in the towns of Boscawen, Salis- 
bury, Andover, New-London and. Kearsarge Gore,| shall 
form a first battalion ; the companies in the towns of IIop- 
kinton, Warner, Sutton, Fishersfield|| and Bradford, shall 
form a second battalion — which shall constitute the twenty- 
first regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of New-Ipswich, Sharon 
and Mason, shall form a first battalion — the companies 
in the towns of Peterborough, Temple and Wilton, shall 
form a second battalion — which shall constitute the twenty- 
second regiment. 

* Now Sunapee. f Now Madison. | Now Wilmot. || Now Newbury. 



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ADJUTANT-GENERAL S REPORT. 



That the companies in the towns of Lebanon, Enfield, 
Canaan and Grafton, shall form a first battalion ; the conl- 
panies in the towns of Hanover, Lyme, Dorchester and 
Orange, shall form a second battalion — which shall consti- 
tute the twenty-third regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Concord,* Lyman, 
Littleton, Franconia, Lincoln and Dalton, shall form a first 
battalion; the companies in the towns of Lancaster, North- 
umberland, Dartmouth, t Percy,J Colburne,|| Cockburne,§ 
Stewartstown and Stratford, shall form a second bat- 
talion — which shall constitute the twenty -fourth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Durham, Lee and 
Madbury, shall form a first battalion ; the companies in 
the town of Barrington shall form a second battalion — 
which shall constitute the twenty-Jifth regiment. 

That 'the companies in the towns of Antrim, Deering, 
Henniker, Hillsborough and Campbell's gore,^ shall form 
a first battalion ; the companies in the towns of Hancock, 
Francestown, Greenfield, Lyndeborough and Society- 
land,** shall form a second battalion — which shall consti- 
tute the twenty-sixth regiment. 

That the companies in the towns of Wakefield, Effing- 
ham, Ossipee and Middleton, shall form a first battalion ; 
the companies in the towns of Wolf borough, Tufton bor- 
ough, New-Durham and New-Durham gore, shall form 
a second battalion — which shall constitute the twenty- 
seventh regiment. 

That in arranging the militia into brigades and divi- 
sions, the order be as follows ; namely, 

The first, third, fourth and seventh regiments shall 
compose the first brigade ; the second, tenth, nineteenth, 
twenty-fifth and twenty-seventh regiments shall compose 
the second brigade; the eighth, eleventh, seventeenth and 
eighteenth regiments shall compose the third brigade ; 
the fifth, ninth, twenty-first, twenty-second and twenty- 
sixth regiments shall compose the fourth brigade; the 
sixth, fifteenth, sixteenth, twelfth and twentieth regiments 

* Now Lisbon, f Now Jefferson. \ Now Stark. || Now Colebrook. 
11 Now Columbia. f Now Windsor. ** Now Bennington. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 379 

shall compose the fifth brigade ; the thirteenth, fourteenth, 
twenty-third and twenty-fourth regiments shall compose 
the sixth brigade. 

The first and third brigades shall form the first division ; 
the second and sixth brigades shall form the second divis- 
ion; and the fourth and fifth brigades shall form the third 
division. 

The next da}^ December 28, 1792, an act was passed 
"regulating the militia within this State." It made some 
radical changes, but in its details was much like the former 
act. It provided that all free, able-bodied white male citi- 
zens, from eighteen to forty years of age, should be en- 
rolled ; that each commanding officer of a company should 
call out the same twice every year, for inspection of arms 
and instruction in military discipline, and at such other 
times as he should think best; and that each commander 
of a battalion should call out his battalion once every year 
for the same purpose ; that there should be " one standard 
and one suit of regimental colors," for each regiment, with 
appropriate inscriptions, at the expense of the State; that 
there should be a major general to each division ; a briga- 
dier to each brigade; a lieutenant colonel to each regi- 
ment ; one major to each battalion ; a captain, lieutenant, 
ensign, four sergeants, four corporals, one drummer and 
one fifer to each company ; and the regimental staff was 
to consist of an adjutant and quartermaster, with the rank 
of lieutenant, a paymaster, surgeon, surgeon's mate, ser- 
geant major, drum major and fife majop; that each battal- 
ion should have a company of grenadiers or light infantry, 
and each division should have one company of Artillery; 
that the captain general, major generals, and brigadiers, 
might appoint courts-martial, and that the same officers, 
as also commanders of regiments, might appoint military 
watches; that there should be an adjutant general, and 
defined his duty; that in forming companies of cavalry or 
artiller}', no more than one eleventh part of any infantry 
company should enlist therein, and that one company of 
cavalry or four troop of horse, should be attached to each 
regiment of infantry, if the number of such companies or 



380 ADJUTANT-GENERAJ^'S REPORT. 

troop should admit of it, and that the act should be read 
at the head of each company in the several regiments in 
this State, at least once a year. 

June 19, 1793, an additional act was passed, providing, 
among other things, that the governor should provide, at 
the expense of the State, one standard for each regiment, 
and one suit of regimental colors for each battalion in the 
State. June 18, 1795, an additional act was passed, pro- 
viding that all free, able-bodied, white male citizens, from 
sixteen to forty years of age, should be enrolled in the 
militia; that no non-commissioned officer or private should 
fire any gun on the day or evening of a muster, in or near 
any public road, or any house, or on or near the place of 
parade, wnthout permission of a commissioned officer ; and 
prescribing the form of a warrant of distress to be issued 
in case of any unnecessarj' neglect to appear equipped on 
muster days. 

December 26, 1795, an additional act was passed, deter- 
mining the rank of officers ; how they shall be posted ; 
the punishment for disobedience of orders ; how disabled 
persons might be excused from doing military duty ; and 
excusing eighteen persons belonging to each fire engine, 
from doing duty on muster days. 

In 1796, the fort at Newcastle was rebuilt according to 
the plan of a French engineer. His plans are still in ex- 
istence. At the beginning of the Revolution this fort, 
called William and Mary, had been taken by the patriots, 
as before related* and subsequently dismantled by the 
British. Disliking every thing pertaining to royalty, the 
name of the fort was first changed to Castle Fort, and 
again to Fort Constitution, which it still retains. It was 
not repaired during tlie Revolution, or if so only in a tem- 
porary manner, and had become very much dilapidated. 
As finished, in 1796, it remained until in the war of 1812 
its form was somewhat changed, its works repaired and 
strengthened, and a tower of brick built on the high 
ground a few rods back of the fort. These repairs were 
made and the tower built under the direction of Col. 
Walbach, a German in the U. S. armv. The tower was 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 381 

known as " Walbach's Tower." Fort Constitution is 
now being rebuilt in a substantial manner, and after the 
most approved plans of modern military science. 

Castle Fort, or Fort Constitution, was considered of 
little avail as a work of defense, and a heavy battery was 
built on Jerry's (or as it probably should be called Jef- 
frey's) Point, on the southwest side of the island, and com- 
manding the entrance to the harbor on that side of the 
island, whilst the battery at Kittery Point, now substitut- 
ed by fort McClary, and forts Washington and Sullivan, at 
the "j^arrows," were depended upon as the main defenses 
of Portsmouth. Troops were stationed at Newcastle, but 
the large guns were not replaced upon the dismantled fort. 

In 1796, the militia in this State was organized and offi- 
cered as follows : 

His Excellency, John Taylor Gilraan,* Captain General 
and Commander-in-Chief. • 

3Iajor Generals. 
Nathaniel Peabody, Maj. General, 1st Division. 
Moses Dow, Maj. General, 2d Division. 
Amos Shepard, Maj. General, 3d Division. 

Brigadier Generals. 
Moses Leavitt, Brig. General, 1st Brigade. 

* John Taylor Gilinan was the son of Nicholas Gilman, and born at 
Exeter, Dec. 19, 1753. After the battle of Lexington, he volunteered, with 
near a hundred others from Exeter, and went to Cambridge. Upon his 
return he was activelj- engaged as an assistant to his father, who was 
receiver general of the State, and whose duties were very arduous. In 
October, 1780, he was a delegate to the convention at Hartford, to concert 
measures for the common defense, and was a member of Congress in 1782. 
The following year he was chosen treasurer of the State. He was one of 
the commissioners to settle the accounts betwixt the several States, and, 
resigning in 1791, was re-chosen State treasurer. In 1794 he was chosen 
Governor of the State, and annually reelected until 1805. In 1813 he was 
again elected Governor, and was reelected in 1814 and 1815. He managed 
the aifairs of the State with much energy and skill, its military defenses in 
1814, requiring his exclusive attention. The war closed, and requiring 
respite from public duties, with the close of the year 1815, he declined 
a reelection. He died at Exeter, August 21, 1828, in the 75th year of his 
age. 



382 adjutant-general's report. 

Joseph Badger,* Brig. General, 2d Brigade. 
Thomas Bartlett, Brig. General, 3d Brigade. 
Francis Blood, Brig. General, 4th Brigade. 
Amasa Allen, Brig. General, 5th Brigade. 
Ebenezer Brewster, Brig. General, 6th Brigade. 
Michael McClary,t Adjutant General. 

Brigade Majors. 
Joseph Dow, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 1st Brigade. 
Nathan Taylor, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 2d Brigade. 
Jonathan Oilley, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 3d Brigade. 

* Joseph Badger was of Gilmanton, the son of Gen. Joseph Badger, of 
that town. The father was the colonel of the regiment at the breaking 
out of the Revolution, and took an active part in favor of the patriot cause. 
He was for many years representative of the town, and was councillor for 
Strafford in 1784. In 1780 he was appointed brigadier general, and had a 
commission signed by Meshech Weare. He died in 1803, aged 82 years. His 
SOB, Joseph Badger, Jr., was a soldier in the Revolution, and a brave one. 
When lieutenant in a regiment attached to the expedition into Canada, 
and at Crown Point, after the retreat, Gen. Gates desired a British pris- 
oner. Badger volunteered to obtain one, and with three picked men started 
for the British camp at St. Johns. Arrived in the neighborhood, he 
found many of the British officers enjoying themselves at the village ball. 
They made prisoner of an officer in full ball dress, and took him to their 
boat. Badger then exchanged clothes with the officer, returned to the 
ball, danced with the ladies, hob-nobbed with the officers, and gained all 
the needed information as to the movements of the British army, and 
returned with his prisoner to Crown Point. 

Leaving the army. Badger soon succeeded to the position of his father, 
in the public estimation, represented his town in the Legislature, was 
chosen Councilor for the Stratford District in 1790, 1791 and 1792; again 
to 1795 and 1796, and again in 1805, 1806, 1807 and 1808. In the militia, 
he passed through various grades of office in the 10th regiment to its com- 
mand, and in 1796 as above, was brigadier general of the 2d Brigade. As 
a brave soldier, earnest patriot and upright citizen, few men have better 
deserved the favor of the public, than Gen. Badger. He died January 14, 
1809, aged 61 years. 

f Michael McClary was from Epsom, and a nephew of Maj. Andrew 
McClary, who fell, the 17th of June, 1775, at the battle of Bunker Hill. 
Michael McClary was in that battle as Ensign, in Capt. Henry Dearborn's 
company, and fought bravely for his country's independence. After the 
war he settled in Epsom, and became a prominent citizen. He command- 
ed the 18th regiment of New-Hampshire militia, and was the first adjutant 
general under our present Constitution, and continued in office until 1813. 
He was also U. S. Marshal for the District of New-Hampshire. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 383 

Jonathan Barton, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 4tR Brigade. 
Luther Eames, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 5th Brigade. 
Rufus Graves, Inspector and Brig. Maj., 6th Brigade. 

First Regiment. 
Moses T\^oodward, Lieut. Col, Commandant. 
Clement Storer, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Andrew Wiggiu, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Second Regiment. 
Janvrin Fisher, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Andrew "Wentworth, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Eichard Furber, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Third Regiment. 
Jeremiah Bachelder, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
. Thomas Leavitt, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Benjamin Barnard, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Fourth Regiment. 

, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

Nathaniel Giddings, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Fifth Regiment. 
Daniel Warner, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Joshua Burnham, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Joseph Greelej'^, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Sixth Regiment. 
Elisha "Whitcomb, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Philemon Whitcomb, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Silas Wood, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Seventh Regiment. 
Philip Tilton, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Levi Bartlett, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Wm. Knight, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Eighth Regiment. 
William Adams, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Daniel Miltiraore, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Thomas Spafford, Major of the 2d Battalion. 



384 adjutant-general's report. 

* Ninth Regiyneni. 

Stephen Dole, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Butterfield, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Ithamar Eaton, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Tenth Regiment. 
Samuel Ladd, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Joseph Parsons, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Daniel Smith, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Eleventh Regimeyit. 
Nathaniel Head, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
William Duncan, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
David McCrillis, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twelfth Regiment. 
William Gardner, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Morse, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Joseph Frost, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Thirteenth Regiment. 
Absalom Peters, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Mann, Jun., Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Moody Bedel, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Fourteenth Regiment. 

, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

Stephen Wells, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Peter Sleeper, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Fifteenth Regiment. 
Joseph Kimball, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Joseph Smith, 'Major of the Ist Battalion. 
John Strowbridge, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Sixteenth Regiment. 

, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

Jonathan Grout, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Nathaniel Evans, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Seventeenth Regiment. 
Stephen Dearborn, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Simon Towle, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Samuel Moore, Major of the 2d Battalion. 



MILITARY flISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 385 

Eighteenth Regiment. 

Henry Butler, Lieut. Col. Comraandaut. 
Thomas Jeuness, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Nineteenth Regiment. 

Jacob Smith, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Elias Smith, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Stephen Webster, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twentieth Regiment. 

, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

, Major of the 1st Battalion. 

, Major of the 2d Battalion. 



Twenty-first Regiment. 

Philip Greely, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Joseph Gerrish, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Timothy Darling, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twenty-second Regiment. 

Abijah Wheeler, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
James Wood, Major of the Ist Battalion. 
L. Lovejoy, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twenty-third Regiment. 

David Hough, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

, Major of the 1st Battalion. 

James Cook, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Tioenty -fourth Regiment. 

Edward Buckuam, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Young, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Jabez Parsons, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twenty-fifth Regiment. 

Samuel Ilale, Lieut. Col, Commandant. 
Eben Thompson, Jun., Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Isaac Waldron, Major of the 2d Battalion. 
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386 adjutant-general's report. 

Twenty-sixth Regiment. 
Benjamin Pierce,* Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
David Campbell, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Daniel Gould, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

Twenty-seventh Begimmt. 

Carr Leavitt, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Daniel Hall, Major of the 1st Battalion. 
Jonathan Coffin, Major of the 2d Battalion. 

June 21, 1797, an act was passed, providin,^ that the 
captain-general might appoint such number of aids-de- 
camp as he should think proper, and that they be com- 
missioned by the Governor, with the rank of lieutenant 
colonel commandant; and that the adjutant general 
should have the rank of brigadier general. June 30, 
1803, the several artillery companies in the State were an- 
nexed to the regiments in the limits in which they were 
located. 

* Benjamin Pierce was of Hillsborough. He was born in Chelmsford, 
Ms., December 25, 1757, the son of Benjamin, and grandson of Steven 
Pierce, a prominent man in Chelmsford, and a grantee in the township of 
Londonderry. Upon the news of the battle of Lexington, young Pierce, 
an orphan, living with an uncle, Robert Pierce, joined the army at Cam- 
bridge, and the 2oth of April enlisted in the company of Capt. Ford, of 
Chelmsford, and continued in the army until the close of the war. He went 
into the battle of the 17th of October, 1777, orderly of his company, and 
on Behmus' Heights won his first commission, by gallantly rushing into 
the thickest of tlie fight, and securing the flag of his regiment, which was 
about to fall into the hands of the enemy. He was again promoted to a 
lieutenancy, and left the army in command of his company. Moving to 
Hillsborough, in 1786, he was appointed brigade major, by President 
Sullivan. In 1789, he represented the towns of Hillsborough and Henni- 
ker in the Legislature, and served in that capacity for thirteen successive 
years. In 1798 he refused a colonelcy in the regular army. In 1803 he 
was elected to the Council from the Hillsborough District, and was reelected 
as such until 1809. On June 14, 1805, he was appointed by Governor 
Langdon brigadier general of the 4th brigade. In 1809 he was appointed 
sheriff of Hillsborough County, and remained in office until November, 
1813. In 1815 he was again elected to the Council, and reelected the 
following year. In 1827 he was elected governor of the State, and again 
in 1829. In 1832 he was elector of President and Vice-President. He 
died April 1, 1839, in the 82d year of his age. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 387 

December 30, 1803, an additional act was passed, provid- 
ing, among other things, that each company shoukl turn 
out for the inspection of arms and military discipline, on 
the last Wednesday of Ju e, annually, and each regiment 
shall be called out aunua'ly in the months of September 
or October, unless the brigadier of the brigade to which 
the regiment belonged should give permission for them 
to muster by battalions ; and that all fines collected for 
neglect of duty should be approp iated for instructing and 
uniforming military musicians, and for defraying the ex- 
penses of the companies on tiaining days. 

June 18, 1805, it was enacted rfhat the captain of each 
company of artillery, organized according to law, receive 
out of the treasury fifty dollars, for erecting a gun-house. 
Various other alterations and additions were made from 
time to time, and the same were printed in the edition of 
the statutes published by order of the General Court, in 
1805. These were in operation until 1808, when the Leg- 
islature passed a new act, on the 22d of December, giving 
a reason for so doing, that " the laws for arranging, forming 
and regulating the militia of this State had become too 
complicated for pi-actical use, b}' reason of the several 
alterations which have from time to time been made there- 
in." This act provided for the division of the militia 
anew into regiments, brigades and divisions. It further 
enacted, that all free, able-bodied, white male citizens of 
the State, from sixteen years of age to forty, should be 
enrolled, with certain exceptions ; that there should be at 
least a company of light infantry, or grenadiers, to each 
battalion ; specified the number of officers, privates, mu- 
sicians, kc, there should be to each company of infantry, 
light infantry, grenadiers, cavalry and artillery ; that one 
cannon, with carriage, harness and apparatus, should be 
furnished each company of artillery, as also music-money 
and a color; that there be not more than one company 
of cavalry to each regiment, and that such companies be 
furnished with music-money and colors ; that each com- 
pany in the State turn out for inspection of arms and mil- 
itary exercise, on the last Wednesday of June, annually; 



388 adjutant-general's report. 

also, annually, in the month of August or September; and 
at such other times as the commanding officers of the same 
should think proper, not exceeding four times in each 
year ; that each regiment should be called out annually in 
the months of September or October, unless, by permission 
of the brigadiers, they should parade in battalion ; that 
suitable meats and drinks, or thirty-four cents in lieu 
thereof, should be furnished each non-commissioned offi- 
cer and private, within their several towns and places, on 
regimental or battalion musters; that the captain-general 
appoint as many aids as he should think proper, with the 
rank of lieutenant colofiel ; that gun-houses should be 
provided for the cannon at the expense of the State ; that 
the captain-general should fix signals ; that each town 
should be constantly provided with certain amounts of 
powder, balls, flints and camp-kettles ; that it should be 
the duty of the quartermaster of each regiment, in the 
month of December annually, to inspect the magazines of 
each town and plantation within his regiment, and prose- 
cute each town or plantation that was found deficient in 
any of these articles; that the selectmen provide suitable 
places for such military stores, that they might be con- 
stantly in readiness for the militia, in case of an emergen- 
cy, and that there should be a quartermaster general to 
this State, with the rank of brigadier-general. Such 
were, mainly, the new or modified provisions of the mili- 
tia law of 1808. 



> Aids to His Excellency. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 389 

la 1808 the oflGlcers of the New-Hampshire militia were 
as follows : 

His Excellency, John Langdon, Captain-General and Com- 
mander-in-Chief. 

Samuel Bell,* 
Paul Rolfe, 
Thomas C. Drew, 
Daniel M. Durell, 
Thomas Elwyn,t 
Kobert Harris, 

Major Generals. 

Henry Butler, 1st Division. 

Samuel Hale, 2d Division. 

Philemon Whitcomb, 3d Division. 

Simeon Folsom, ) a • i * n r* ^i 
^ n n } Aids to Gen. Butler. 

George C. Copp, j 

Hiram Rollins, 1 \- 1 j. ri xs ^ 

T 1 m-i^ y Aids to Gen. Hale. 

Joseph iiltou, J 

Samuel Grant, | ^.^ ^^^^^ Whitcomb. 

Oliver Allen, j 

* Col. Samuel Bell was the son of Hon. John Bell, of Londonderry, a 
distinguished citizen of that town, who was repeatedly a memher of both 
branches of the Legislature, colonel of the 8th regiment of New-Hamp- 
shire militia in 1780, and a special justice of the court of common pleas in 
1792. He died Nov. 30, 1825, in the 9Gth year of his age. Two of his 
sons, Samuel and John, became governors of New-Hampshire. Samuel 
was a graduate of Dartmouth College, in the class of 1793. Upon the 
reorganization of the courts, in 1816, he was appointed a judge of the 
superior court, and held that office until 1819, when he was elected governor 
of the State. He was reelected until 1823, when he was elected to the Sen- 
ate of the United States, and served two terms in that responsible position. 
He died in Chester, Dec. 23, 1850, aged 81 years. 

f Col. Thoma^ Elwyn was an English gentleman, a graduate of Oxford, 
and the son of Thomas Elwyn, Esq., of Canterbury, in Kent. He was 
early left an orphan, and, after finishing his education, having no special 
ties at home, he traveled upon the continent for a year or so, and in 1796 
extended his travels to the United States. Keturning to England for a 
short time, to settle his aflairs, he returned to America, and married the 
daughter of Hon. John Langdon, who, as Senator from New-Hampshire, 
was then residing in Philadelphia. After the close of his senatorial term, 
in 1800, Mr. Langdon returned to New-Hampshire, and Mr. Elwyn be- 
came a resident of Portsmouth. He was a highly respected gentleman, 
and died suddenly in 1810, of apoplexy, aged 41 years. 



390 adjutant-general's report. 

Brigadier Generals. 
Clement Storer, 1st Brigade. 
Richard Furber, 2d Brigade. 
Nathaniel Head, 3d Brigade. 
Aquila Davis, 4th Brigade. 
Elisha Huntley, 5th Brigade. 
Moody Bedel, 6th Brigade. 
Michael McClary, Adjutant General. 
Inspectors of Brigade. 

Edward J. Long, 1st Brigade. 

Andrew Wentworth, 2d Brigade. 

Nathaniel Head, Jr., 3d Brigade. 

Philip Flanders, 4th Brigade. 

Joseph Bellows, 5th Brigade. 

Jeduthan Wilcox, 6th Brigade. 

Begiments. 
1. Seth Walker, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

, 1st Major. 

Gideon Walker, 2d Major. 
.^^2. Joshua Allen, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Daniel Henderson, 1st Major. 
^'■^ Samuel Allen, 2d Major. 

3. Benjamin Shaw, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Levi Healy, 1st Major. 

Samuel George, 2d Major. 

4. Jeremiah M. Sanborn, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Richard Hilton, 1st Major. 

Daniel Coffin, 2d Major. 

5. Josiah Osgood, Lieut. Col. Commandant. ^ 
Simeon Kendall, 1st Major. 

Benjamin W. Parker, 2d Major. 

6. Wm. Humphrey, Lieut. CoL Commandant. 
Ezra Parker, 1st Major. 

Anthony Kendall, 2d Major. 

7. Jonathan Little, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Amos M. Bachelder, 1st Major. 

John Basset, 2d Major. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 391 

8. Daniel Miltimore, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Miltimore, Ist Major. 

Benjamin Gage, Jr., 2d Major. 

9. William Crombie, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Robert Holmes, let Alajor. 

Robert Cristie, 2d Major. 

10. Dudley Prescott, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
David Sanborn, 1st Major. 

John IS'utter, 2d Major. 

11. Morrill Shepard, Lieut. Col. Commandant; 
Asa Robinson*, 1st Major. 

Moses Chamberlain, 2d Major. 
12 David Carter, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
William Farrar, 1st Major. 
John Wiswel, Jr., 2d Major. 

13. John Montgomery, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
^ John Kimball, Ist Major. 

Daniel Patch, 2d Major. 

14. William Webster, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Samuel Wells, 1st Major. 

Archibald Robinson, 2d Major. 

15. Jacob Wright, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Timothy Hall, 1st Major. 

Nathaniel Friend, 2d Major. 

16. Oliver Hastings, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Jonathan Baker, 1st Major. 

Ebenezer Grout, 2d Major. 

17. Thomas Wilson, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Henry Sweetserf, 1st Major. 
Theophilus Lovering, 2d Major. 

18. James H. McClary, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Benjamin Butler, lat Major. 

Stephen Sherburne, 2d Major. 

19. Samuel Gilman, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Bean, Jr., 1st Major. 

Aaron Quimby, 2d Major. 

♦ Asa Kobinson, the same man cashiered in 1786 — see page 373. 
•f- Of Chester, afterward of Concord, and Quartermaster General. 



392 adjutant-general's report. 

20. Erastus Hubbard, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Job F. Brooks, 1st Major. 

Samuel Dinsmore, 2d Major. 

21. Isaac Chandler, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Moses Jones, 1st Major. 
^ 2d Major. 

22. David Steele, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
N'oah Bartlett, 1st Major. 

Abiel Wilson, 2d Major. 

23. , Lieut. Col. Commandant. 

, 1st Major. 

Thomas L. Gilbert, 2d Major. 

24. Richard C. Everett, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Stephen Wilson, Ist Major. 

Jeremiah Eames, Jr., 2d Major. 

25. Lsaac Waldron, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Demeritt, Jr., 1st Major. 

John Blake, 2d Major. 

26. David McClure, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
William Gould, 1st Major. 

Peter Peavy, 2d Major. 

27. Samuel Quarles, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Dudley Hardy, 1st Major. 

John Leavitt, 2d Major. 

28. Elisha Iluntly, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Cyrus Kingsbury, 1st Major. 

Jacob Wright, 2d Major. 

29. Wm. B. Kelley, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Jeremiah Tilton, 1st Major. 

William Davis, Jr., 2d Major. 

30. Richard Straw, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Joseph Iloit, 1st Major. 

Hoit, 2d Major. 

31. Henry Plovvard, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Erastus Newton, 1st Major. 

Peter Stowe, 2d Major. 



MILITARY HISTORY — 1623 TO 1861. 393 

-^2. Benjamin Kimball, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Aaron Hubbart, Ist Major. 
Edward Oaks, 2d Major. 

33. Stephen Berry, Jr., Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
John Plumer, 1st Major. 

Joshua G. Hall, 2d Major. 

34. Moses Lewis, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Ebenezer Kimball, Ist Major. 

Robert McMurphy, 2d Major. 

35. Thomas Goss, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Amos S. Parsons, 1st Major. 

John Avery, 2d Major. 

36. Stephen Dinsmore, Lieut. Col. Commandant. 
Samuel Stark, Ist Major. 

Silas Meserve, 2d Major. 

June 26, 1809, the provisions as to towns providing 
magazines and military stores, and their inspection by the 
quartermasters of the regiments, were suspended for one 
year; and June 15, 1810, these provisions were repealed. 
June 27, 1809, the adjutants of regiments were relieved 
from the duty of inspecting the arms and equipments of 
their regiments, and the same was made the duty of the 
brigade inspectors. June 28, 1809, an act was passed 
excusing members of tire engine companies from doing 
military duty on the annual training in the month of June. 

On the 17th of December, 1812, an act was passed for 
organizing a "Voluntary Corps of Infantry," composed of 
those persons " by law exempt from military duty." They 
were to be formed into companies and regiments, and offi- 
cered like other infantry, but were to be ordered out only 
by the captain-general, except in an invasion, when they 
were to be under the commander of the militia then in the 
field. Companies were organized under this act, but no 
regiment, and their services were never needed. 

In 1812 commenced the second war with great Britain, 
and New-Hampshire, as usual, liad extra duty to perform. 
She had not only to furnish her quota of troops for the 
General Government, but to defend her seaboard and 



394 adjutant-general's report. 

northwestern frontier. The Piscataqua harbor and "Coos 
Country" were in danger, and demanded the attention and 
energy of onr State government. In 1813, five companies 
of the militia were detaclied — four of them being sta- 
tioned at Portsmouth, under Major Bassett, and one, under 
Capt. E. H. Mahurin, at Stewartstown, in the "Coos 
Country." In 1814 an attack from the British fleet ofi* 
our coast was expected to be made upon the navy yard at 
Portsmouth, and upon the town itself, and was probably 
only prevented by the presence of the State militia, which, 
upon the call of Gov. Gilinan, rushed to their protection 
with its former alacrity and patriotism. More than three 
thousand men of the militia of IN'ew-Hampshire were at 
Portsmouth and upon the shores of the Piscataqua, at the 
call of our State Government in 1814, and it is to be re- 
gretted, that the names of these patriotic men are not to 
be found in our State records. The rolls of the officers 
and men of ]!!^ew-Hampshire, in the War of 1812, are 
wanting in our archives, and it is to be hoped that the 
wisdom of some future Legislature will supply so important 
a defect. 

The militia laws of the State, passed in 1792, and re- 
modeled in 1808, remained the laws of the State, without 
any very essential alteration, for near forty years ; and 
perhaps our militia was never better organized, or in a 
more flourishing condition, than for the twenty years suc- 
ceeding the year 1812. But innovation and change must 
needs come. Forty years of peace had made us forgetful 
of that truth embodied in our Bill of Rights, that "a well- 
regulated militia is the proper, natural, and sure defense 
of a State." Our militia, by legislative enactment of 
July 5, 1851, became a mere skeleton, and that existing 
only upon paper. In this position the Rebellion of 1861 
found our militia, and it is to be hoped that its lessons 
have taught us the wisdom of the maxim, " In time of 
Peace prepare for War." 







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